Where should a biting point be?

[Malcster]

Top Middle or Bottom of the pedal?

Is this mostly personal preference?
I guess right at the bottom is a sign of wear?

[NateWM]

Depends on the car, but most cars have the biting point at around 3/4 of the way down.

Is this your way of saying your cars biting point is on the floor? This is not technically a sign of a kaput clutch. It could just mean the clutch cable (If your car is running with a cable?) has stretched and needs replacing or adjusting. This happens over time. Hydraulic clutches can have a similar problem, but this can be a little more tricky compared to a conventional cabled clutch. To be honest, it could be numerous things, and the best thing for you to do would be to get it down to a Gearbox specialist.

[Malcster]

Well, I've Just replaced the master and slave cylinders in the MR2, and can adjust the bite via the rod connecting the Master Cylinder to the pedal.

Just wondering where the ideal point of bite should really be.

At the moment I just guessed, and it's really near the top of the pedal.

[Jasandjules]

Malcster said:

At the moment I just guessed, and it's really near the top of the pedal.

Generally I find that in the newer vehicles the bite is very near the top of the clutch (I assume it is part of the spring loading of the clutch but don't know it that is true) and that's a comfy way for me to drive and do hill starts etc..

I actually thought (and again now everyone will laugh) that if the clutch bit right at the bottom of the pedal range, that the clutch was on the way out..

[Cactussed]

So glad this isn't in the Match.com thread...

[matt0677]

Malcster said:

Well, I've Just replaced the master and slave cylinders in the MR2, and can adjust the bite via the rod connecting the Master Cylinder to the pedal.

Just wondering where the ideal point of bite should really be.

At the moment I just guessed, and it's really near the top of the pedal.

I've just done the same job on my MR2 quite recently. I set the connecting rods to same length and then adjusted it til it felt "right". My clutch is disengaged near the top of the stroke.

Half a turn makes a lot of difference on that rod.

[russy01]

Jasandjules said:

Malcster said:

At the moment I just guessed, and it's really near the top of the pedal.

Generally I find that in the newer vehicles the bite is very near the top of the clutch (I assume it is part of the spring loading of the clutch but don't know it that is true) and that's a comfy way for me to drive and do hill starts etc..

I actually thought (and again now everyone will laugh) that if the clutch bit right at the bottom of the pedal range, that the clutch was on the way out..

I thought the opposite.

Laugh someone. i want to know.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Jasandjules said:

Generally I find that in the newer vehicles the bite is very near the top of the clutch

Yes, that often seems to be the case these days - I assume the manufacturers do it to reduce the chance of drivers dragging the clutch by sitting with the pedal less than fully depressed.

In itself the biting point often has little significance regarding clutch wear.