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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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is it normal for the engagement of the clutch to get slightly higher on the pedal when the clutch breaks in? i have a powergrip HD and the clutch engaged right off the floor at first. now after 500 miles and no hard driving the clutch seems to engage a bit higher. is this normal? it still grabs hard!!
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 12:06 PM
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My power grip hd is the same way It grabs right off the floor, I only have about 250mi on it and I hope it moves up the pedal I hate it grabing so cloce to the floor. My buddy has a spec 3 and his did the same thing your's is doing.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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cool anyone else?
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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When I broke in my spec 3, for the first 100 miles it was literally right off the floor, maybe 1-2 inches. By 500 miles it moved to a normal position, about midpoint in the clutch travel.

My new Textralia now has had a midpoint engagement since I put it in, only up to 100 miles yet though.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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i have a 98 and when i went up to the LS-6 clutch it even acted the same way. it was about an inch off the floor, felt more like .5 inch. now it has backed up, probably was about 500-1000 miles later.
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Hmm I am wondering if this is because of poor bleeding and then after some driving the air works its way out of the system??????

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I am having the same prob. I just got my Textralia in and it starts to engage about 1/2" off the floor, literally almost immediately when I let off the clutch pedal.
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