I just bought a 2000 Legacy Outback Limited. I noticed it had a hydraulic clutch. This is the first one I have driven. The clutch just seems kind of odd to me. It engages/disengages near the end of the pedal travel (near the floor). I just bought the car and supposedly the car has a brand new clutch (less than 1,000 miles).

 

Is this normal, and can you adjust the hydraulic clutch?

Yes you can but i dont usually endorse it. Someone beofre you may have adjusted it to get extra life out of it.

 

Are you sure it has a new clutch?

 

I forget if the "adjustment" is at the pedal or the slave cylinder.

 

 

nipper

Yes you can but i dont usually endorse it. Someone beofre you may have adjusted it to get extra life out of it.

 

Are you sure it has a new clutch?

 

I forget if the "adjustment" is at the pedal or the slave cylinder.

 

 

nipper

 

The pedal height adjusts by moving the clutch switch and there is an adjustment on the rod at the clutch master cylinder, it's right over the gas pedal.

If the clutch has been replaced, they may have had the flywheel machined. If you remove too much material from the surface of the flywheel it will affect the pedal travel. You can adjust this, but not very much. Clutch should start to engage about 1/2 way , with about an inch or so of freeplay. Have also run into some aftermarket clutch sets that do this as well.