Making Clutch Lighter

[schueymcfee]

I've heard before that the clutch can be made to be lighter than it normally is by changing the piston sizes in the master and slave cylinder.

Has anybody done this or know the best sizes to use, or does anybody have ideas on how to make the clutch lighter?

Thanks.

[redleicester]

Go to the gym?

[sparkythecat]

schueymcfee said:

" I'm a laydee, therfore I need a laydee's clutch. Regardez vous mes petites ankles"

[victormeldrew]

A drop of 3-in-1 on the pedal pivot?

Never noticed it was particularly heavy to be honest.

Mind you, I just discovered that a main dealer had fitted a 4 litre clutch to my 5 litre car, so maybe mine has been a bit lighter than it should have been. It was certainly smellier.

[GreenV8S]

Yes in principle you can reduce the force required at the pedal by fitting a smaller diameter master cylinder or larger diameter slave cylinder, or it may be possible to achieve this by attaching the master cylinder pushrod to the pedal closer to the pivot. But all of these changes will increase the travel required; the total effort (i.e. force times distance) will be the same. Unless you have a particular medical need to reduce the weight on the pedal, I would advise you just to get used to it - it isn't particularly heavy, only heavy in comparision with the whispy pedal forces that people get used to on modern cars.

[schueymcfee]

It could do with being done for knackered feet.