BTW- The only way that I found decent access for the adjustment was by
taking the battery and its tray out, which lie directly above the
transmission. I'm also not sure if this works well if the clutch is nearing
the end of its life.
-Trygve Oye
Seattle, WA
'89 405 S (sporting brand new Pirelli's... yahoo!)
Stott, Andrew wrote:
> Here's Philip Christian's method, taken from the problem page on the
> Club Peugeot UK web site:
>
> Here's how to adjust the clutch, it only takes a few minutes. Where the
> cable pulls on the bellcrank on top of the gearbox it has a threaded
> section with two nuts (one locks the other).
>
> Loosen the smaller one, and then wind the larger one up the thread and
> note the clutch pedal getting higher. Wind it up until you like the feel
> of it, but not so high that the pedal is jammed up against its end stop.
> You should be able to lift the pedal higher than its rest position, i.e.
> some free play. When it's right then do up the smaller nut to lock
> against the big one - that's it.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Stott
> 205 Mi16
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Rodnitzky [SMTP:adam.rodnitzky@awl.com]
>
> Anyway, upon returning to my 405, I noticed that there seems to
> be very
> little pedal travel in the clutch - is this adjustable at the
> gearbox or at
> the pedal linkage itself? I am assuming it would be similar to
> my VW
> Scirocco, which had an adjustable collar on the clutch cable
> where it
> entered the gearbox, which made adjustment very simple.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Adam
>
>
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