If any of you have been following my posts you may have heard me mention something about the clutch pedal being very stiff. I am i need of some trouble shooting assistance.

 

Basically the clutch works, but it is very stiff compared to any other vehicle or a subaru. Befor the cluctch starts engaing it is very easy to push...once you get to it pushing on the pressure plate, it gets hard to press. The pedal with out a cable travels fine.

 

At first we thought perhaps the cable had a kink in it or something of the sort. So we exchanged it for a new one. The new cable did not help the problem.

 

Adjusting the Clutch doesnt help...it just makes where the stiffness engages higher or lower.

 

Just for a refresher the body is a 97 impreza, tranny is out of 91 legacy, got cable for 94 impreza.

 

Any suggestions would be very helpful.

 

Cory

What clutch/pressure plate do you have in it? The newer/beefier RS clutches & PP's do fit in the n/a legacy trannies. They will probably have a stiffer pressure plate. The PP was designed to be disengaged with a hydraulic unit rather then cable. So that may be some reasons.

 

Regardless, Subaru's have one of the higher effort clutches I've driven.....I can't say I'm a huge fan for it though.

The pressure plate i used is the one that came with the transmission...im assuming a 91 legacy

 

When putting it on it looked fine and seemed ok....any ideas?

 

Arent all hydralic clutches pull type anyhow??

Thrust bearing installed backwards,dont laugh I have done it once .

10 years of working on cars and this happened,very embarressed.

No, only turbo trannies utilize the pull type clutch setup.

 

The n/a trannies still utilize the hyd. push type clutch setup.

Thrust bearing installed backwards,dont laugh I have done it once .

10 years of working on cars and this happened,very embarressed.

TO bearing installed backwards.....really...that could cause this?

It is actually almost hard to put it backwards though.

It is actually almost hard to put it backwards though.

Im only going by experience on my Nissan,I havent had to replace the Subie's clutch yet so I havent seen the setup,just it was the same symptons I had thats all.

 

Good Luck

What do you think Josh....is it possible?

To be quite honest I'm not sure, since I haven't dealt with that style clutch much, other then just taking my donor car apart.

 

I don't recall how the TO bearing was on there, or if it's realistic that you could put it on backwards. I'd have to look at my parts book

bump it up

I suspect this is more likely a matter of replaceing a hydraulic clutch with cable operation. Like a hydraulic jack a hydraulic clutch can give you a lot of leverage.

hmm...well it isnt the TO bearing after disscussing it with my friend its not really possible to install backwards....This is just perplexing because the pressure plate, clutch etc are all meant for cable.... if we just use our hands on the clutch fork it doesnt seem too terribly stiff we are still thinking it is something to do with the cable.....but i replaced with a new one with no change....perhaps a spring clip came off the TO bearing and is causing trouble....pressure plate giving up....

 

 

Thanks for all of your help

 

Cory

Why dont you take it out and see,Its a 30 minute job taking a subie box off,well for the pro's at doing it

 

I curse subaru for not putting inspection plates on.

I am sure you checked the cable routing and it is the same as a standard cable operated Subaru?

yeah the routing is the same....my friend has a cable operated legacy and it looks the same