Hi Paul
What engine do you have in your car ?, if it's quite a high spec then
the builder might have fitted a fast road or even race spec clutch,
these have a very sharp biting point.
The different quadrants's basically change the range of the clutch
travel and how heavy the pedal is by having different depths of groove
in the quadrant.
The deeper the groove the less cable movement you get but the lighter
the pedal is. (think thats the right way round).
The black quadrent has the shallowest groove so gives the most clutch
travel which is why it was fitted to compensate for the carpet behind
the pedal on the 2+2.
The other mod i've seen for this is washers behind where the pedal box
bolts to the bulkhead.
There are also 2 lengths of clutch release lever (the bit that fits on
top of the gearbox) on the later IB5 gearboxes which can be used to
change things even more.
And a manual adjuster conversion using parts from a Mk3 Fiesta clutch pedal.
Jim
On 04/04/2013 22:01, flash2+2 wrote:
Hi all, new to Quantum ownership & owners club but am seeking some
advice on my 2+ clutch issue.
I purchased my 2+ 2 in January after wanting one for a number of years
& this was also going to be my daily driver (approx 200 miles per
week), I had viewed several cars but despite some of these being quite
nice they were not quite right.
I spotted mine on Gumtree & after a viewing it was deemed to be
perfect, one owner from new (18 years), fitted with virtually every
extra from QSC the list goes on. During the test drive I noticed the
clutch pedal was lower than the other pedals & had very little travel
with a very low & sharp biting point, the owner told me it had been
like this since he built the car so I thought I would used to it...but
I can't & it's impossible to obtain a smooth pull away & gear change
which has really spoilt the whole Quantum experience!
I looked at several Fiesta forums & have since replaced the clutch
cable with no difference, I then had the quadrant & pawl replaced (a
red one was used) & although all pedals are now level it is still a
pig to drive & no real improvement.
There is some clutch judder when pulling away, worse when cold so I'm
having the clutch replaced but I did notice an article in the latest
club magazine about a modification required to the pedal assembly &
the use of a black quadrant, I plan to pass this useful information to
my mechanic & hope & pray he can fix. I checked the build manual I got
with the car & it is dated October 1993 Version One & there is nothing
in there at all about the pedal box so assume there has been a version
2 manual? My 2+2 is number 74 so quite an early car although it was
purchased in 1994 in kit form & completed in 1996.
Has anyone else experienced this issue & if so some advice for me to
pass onto my mechanic would be very, very much appreciated especially
a tried & tested theory or alternatively I would be more than happy to
pay someone who has already carried out this modification to carry
this out on my car...anyone based in Norfolk?
Otherwise a fantasic car (well nearly, very bumpy & leaks like hell)
which ticks all the boxes a car should for my requirements but if I
can't sort this clutch issue I'm going to have to sell as can't cope
with that on a daily basis!
Thanks for taking the time to read this & hope to hear from some of
you very soon. Paul.
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