Clutch Problems for a db2

ASSISTANCE Stock Engine-Bay Components
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So I did a little searching and decided to make my own thread about this because it seems like my problem is a little bit different than the ones I’ve read.

I go out to eat lunch and the teg feels fine and same as usual, but after I finished lunch at a diner and started driving, the clutch felt completely different. It was much softer to push down and the engagement point was even higher. Now when I had purchased the car, the engagement point was already pretty high (maybe about 2-3 inches from the top) and thought that was normal, but apparently it wasn’t. Now after this incident, the engagement point is even higher, I’d say about 1 inch or even closer from the top. When I shift and put some load on the clutch by accelerating moderately hard, it feels like it’s slipping. For example, I would be in 3rd gear and gas hard. The rpm would spike up and the teg wouldn’t get all the power transferred from the engine to the wheels. It would still accelerate, but very slowly and at an unnaturally high rpm.

My question is: Could this be a sign of a bad clutch cable, a bad clutch, or does it just need some adjustment?

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If your foot is completely off the clutch, and you’re giving it throttle yet it feels like something is ‘slipping’, that’s clutch disc.

The cable is prettymuch taken out of the equation if your foot is off the pedal.

But being that the cable is 20 years old, replacing it isn’t a bad idea if you already have to do the clutch.

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To add to what Sean said… I’d inspect the clutch cable and try to adjust it before doing anything with the clutch. The cable is probably not the culprit, but it’s so easy to check that you’d be stupid to ignore it and just start dropping the trans. Or maybe just change the cable anyway. That’s one of the first things I’d do if I were buying another DA. Your cable WILL break eventually (assuming it’s never been replaced) and when it does it’s going to suck so might as well replace it preemptively.

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Update: I seemed to have solved the problem by actually loosening the nut causing the clutch to engage at a lower point. I guess before, the clutch cable was tightened so much that the engagement point was too high. It was so high that even after letting my foot off the pedal, the clutch wasn’t actually fully engaged.

I’ll heed Colin’s advice and buy a new clutch cable for the future so I’ll be prepared for when it happens.

Thanks guys.

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Good stuff!