Clutch Cable Wisdom Requested, What should the feel feel like? Options

[ctc911ctc]

Hi,

I have the silver bullet ('74 2.0 - garaged since '84, just purchased and refreshed - lots of welding) running and I do not like the clutch feel.

In my past 914s, the clutch feel was a lot of pressure for the first 1/2 of the pedal travel and then the pressure nearly went away once the pedal traveled close to the floor.

This cars clutch is stiff all the way down to the floor, I believe that the top inch or two is just spring tension. I went under the car to tighten the cable and found myself wondering what the forum might say.

Questions:

1. Is there a correct feel, or should all be different?
2. Though the cable looks very good (not frayed, etc) how much can they stretch? Do they stretch?
3. Any other advice on this would be helpful.

Long on knowledge - Short on experience,

CTC911CTC

[Larmo63]

I always use the Tangerine Racing (also Chris Foley) firewall bushing. In the rear console, I use a bronze bushing (eBay). New cup in rear shift fork too. (readily available/914 Rubber). The blue bushings in the firewall shift linkage coupler are a bit more tricky to deal with, you may need a press to do them right.

Your missing bushing or remnants of it are most likely in the tunnel. You can take the inside cover off between the seats and look in there for it. That area tends to be a bit nasty inside, probably worth taking a look and cleaning as much as possible.