Automatic adjusting clutch cable question

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (LEF)]

If your clutch is actually slipping, and there are some good tests for that 
if you need them, then the first thing to check for is clutch pedal 
freeplay.  No freeplay may mean a misadjusted cable that is causing the 
clutch to slip.  It could also very well mean a shot throwout bearing and a 
bad thrust bearing on the mains. :(
 If your clutch pedal has some freeplay (any amount at all), then the cable 
is not the cause of the slippage.

Good luck.
As much as the auto-adjust cable is maligned, I've never had a problem with 
it that I didn't create myself. :)

larry
sandiego16v



> This is the only car I've ever had with one of these things.  So I just 
> took the '88 for a little
> drive and from a stop, going up a mild hill the tach jumped way ahead of 
> the speedometer.
> So I think the clutch is probably tired, but could this be the cable and 
> how would I know?
> It's so much easier with the adjustable ones, if it is the clutch I think 
> it will also receive a
> new cable.