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ive recently (today) installed a twinplate clutch, now it grabs beautifuly but is it normal that there isnt much room to play with to find the friction point and take of slowly?

also is there away i can re-adjust the pedal, at the moment its grabbing right at the top, its been like that with all the clutches ive had in the box. it hasnt botherd me, but now with the twin plate and not much room to play, its kinda hard to pull up slowly when youre already at the top. if you get what i mean lol..

any input would be good, thanks!

ive recently (today) installed a twinplate clutch, now it grabs beautifuly but is it normal that there isnt much room to play with to find the friction point and take of slowly?

also is there away i can re-adjust the pedal, at the moment its grabbing right at the top, its been like that with all the clutches ive had in the box. it hasnt botherd me, but now with the twin plate and not much room to play, its kinda hard to pull up slowly when youre already at the top. if you get what i mean lol..

any input would be good, thanks!

Yes its normal for the take up to be very short . You can ajust the rod length inside the car to vary the pick up point.

You can install a bigger slave ( Nismo have one ) so your clutch pedal will be lighter and the take up will feel better too but its never going to feel like a stock clutch.

Its easy to find and ajust . The shaft is attached to the pedal and you have to unlock ( undo) the 12 mm nut then turn the shaft clockwise ( as you are looking at it ) to shorten the shaft , that will bring the take up point lower to the floor . All you need is 2 spanners, a 12 mm open ender and maybe a 7 mm ( i cant remember this for sure ) .Dont forget a few turns will make a lot of difference.

I'm sure its been covered before do a search and you will find a pic somewhere, if you have any problems let me know and i'll take a pic for you .

If a workshop put the clutch in for you take it back to them and tell them to ajust the pedal for you .

  • 2 months later...
thanks heaps for this, wrxhoon. my twin plate clutch comes on real sudden so your post will really help me out. cheers.

Use a bigger slave, the slave will travel less when pushing the clutch pedal so it will feel like your take up is not as sudden and as a bonus you will have a lighter pedal but dont expect it to be like a stock clutch ..

while your comparing twin plates,

do you have clutch plates with springs or are they solid centre.

a twin plate with twin sprung plates is quite drivable

a twin plate with solid centre plates, is still drivable, but takes some, OK A LOT OF FINESSE!!

Solid centres are either in or out & hardly anything in between

Nismo will fit , you can buy it in Japan for about 13,000 yen from memory but you can probably get one from Nissan here .

Edited by wrxhoon

oh ta wrxhoon, that's great. i'll check on it tomorrow.

yes mumbo i'm talking about the friction point - but the other thing is that there's no gradient of pressure, so at one point there's nothing and the next centimetre it's on full. i also have no experience using it! :)

Are you talking about the friction point of the clutch? my os giken twin is around half way but i'd say its been worn a bit..

If you go to post 6, you can see how you can adjust the take up point .

while your comparing twin plates,

do you have clutch plates with springs or are they solid centre.

a twin plate with twin sprung plates is quite drivable

a twin plate with solid centre plates, is still drivable, but takes some, OK A LOT OF FINESSE!!

Solid centres are either in or out & hardly anything in between

my solid centre twin plate from direct clutch is bloody good to drive and take offs from low low rpm are really smooth and it never feels jerky at all. i can even ride it like a stock clutch on hill starts etc without any trouble.

though it rattles like crazy and is hard as a rock to press, but u get the good with the bad i suppose ;)

my solid centre twin plate from direct clutch is bloody good to drive and take offs from low low rpm are really smooth and it never feels jerky at all. i can even ride it like a stock clutch on hill starts etc without any trouble.

though it rattles like crazy and is hard as a rock to press, but u get the good with the bad i suppose :O

Cool, maybe mines still bedding in, wasn't in long before i blew up my gearbox, one too many hard hitting shifts, so looks like there's hope for me yet :D

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