DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #46
     



From: JDeRyke@aol.com

Subject: Re: Clutch Adjustment

Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 02:32:01 -0400 (EDT)



If you're getting 'intermittant' grinding going into any gear, your setup is

either out of adjustment, or too much metal has been ground off the tranny

synchros. Look under the dashboard, especially the compound linkage for the

factory "force-reduction". I found the links and pins badly worn, allowing as

much as an inch of pedal movement before the clutch slave pushrod actually

twitched. There are a couple of pedal limiters that can be adjusted down

there, but if all else fails, you'll be forced to buy a new long-travel

clutch slave cylinder (Pantera Parts Connection in Mt View has them, and

maybe others). .025" should be barely enough air gap, unless you're

snap-shifting. Panteras are crummy drag-racers. We also run into this when

the gearshift linkage is not centered in the shift gate- check your TSPs for

centering things up very carefully. Good luck. J DeRyke