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Old Jul 16, 2015 | 01:48 PM
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Had it adjusted about an inch under the brake and was pretty good but was worried I wasn't getting full disengagement was about mid of pedal release. Adjusted a bit more and about quarter inch under the brake now release is at the top and shifts are a little nothcy feeling
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Old Jul 16, 2015 | 01:53 PM
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is there a question here lol


if you get the rear up in the air, and put it in gear, clutch pedal down -
if the rear tires aren't moving your good. dont adjust it too far out
or you will damage your pp fingers.
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Old Jul 16, 2015 | 02:25 PM
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I tried revving it on the ground and no movement. But with it that close to the top of pedal I'm just worried about getting clutch slip
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Old Jul 16, 2015 | 06:27 PM
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There is not a lot of free play in a tick master. I would try to make it slip before I chased it. If it won't slip, it's probably fine.
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Old Jul 16, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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^ agree. the tick makes it basically on or off. unless you can feel / hear
it slipping, i'd leave it be.
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okay that's good to know, but with it adjusted out more i thought it would eliminate the notchyness because it is pushing more fluid but it went into reverse easier with it adjusted in a bit compared to now
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Old Jul 18, 2015 | 09:55 AM
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and grinded a bit on fourth today on hard pulls, should i go out a little further yet.
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Old Jul 18, 2015 | 10:39 AM
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yup. i would adjust it until it goes into all gears with no grinding.
but again, don't adjust TOO MUCH AT ONCE
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that's what makes me nervice haha i'm scared to over adjust but i'm gonna just try a half turn at a time.
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Yep, that's the best way. You'll be in good shape
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Old Jul 22, 2015 | 01:28 AM
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that's what makes me nervice haha i'm scared to over adjust but i'm gonna just try a half turn at a time.
I'm in the same boat as you, it was driving me crazy and I'm OCD about everything being perfect on my car. Called up tick performance and they said as long as it is at the same height as the brake pedal or lower most cars should be fine and you aren't going to blow out the slave. Mine is a hair lower than the brake pedal and feels great so I'm going to leave it there.
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I've got my pedal dead nuts even with the brake pedal, but I'd like it to be a tad lower. I've been thinking about adjusting it some. The clutch pedal had been about 1/2" above the brake pedal, and that sucked, so I adjusted it to where it is now, and it's been that way for a long time. I may play with it Friday night before going out to play Saturday evening.
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Mine is a tad under the brake pedal but i had some tire movement when reving with clutch pushed on a dyno, and it grinded 4th a bit on the dyno so im thinking i need a little higher yet
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Yeah, might want to do that. Better safe than sorry.
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anyone chime in, if i'm still getting wheel spin on high revs with clutch in on stands i want to lenghten the stroke on the cylinder (raise pedal) right
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also have a spec stage 3 clutch would this affect how far i have to adjust it out
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^ yes, if you have the tick, and still get wheel spin with clutch pedal
pressed in, you need to adjust the rod out as you are not getting enough
disengagement to satisfy the clutch.

...may be a shim issue as well, and not sure if adjusting the tick out more
would help that. my simple brain says it would to a point, but that depends
on how much of a shim you may have needed.
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i'm going crazy,,,, how would it make sense that i think it shifts better with the lower pedal then with the higher pedal
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Originally Posted by trans_am_2000
i'm going crazy,,,, how would it make sense that i think it shifts better with the lower pedal then with the higher pedal
Because you have less travel and less play in the pedal (dead area). Even with mine setup the way it is, there is some "dead area" when your first engage the clutch.
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Old Jul 24, 2015 | 03:47 PM
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it went into reverse better and had no grind shifting, adj it out even with the brake pedal and it seems to grind 4th sometimes and doesn't go in rev as easy. but I have the slightest wheel jerk when on stands and rev it to about 5k
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