Clutch height adjustment

I’m trying to lower my clutch so I don’t have to lift my heel to press the pedal. I have poor ankle mobility from some football injuries. On my first gen, I was able to dial the clutch in exactly how I like it, but this is very different. I searched for a how-to, and found some diagrams. But when I took apart my dash to look at the actual mechanism, it doesn’t match.

Basically, I need some help understanding what to do. Will I need to spin the whole electronic device or just the rod? If I just need to spin the rod, how do I grip it? Thanks!

 

That photo at the top looks wrong, maybe a pic of a 1st Gen. I believe the pushrod has double nuts, once loosened you can rotate the pushrod which will increase or decrease pedal freeplay. While you are down there lube all the pivot points of the clutch pedal assembly with disc brake grease as it will prevent it from making the old barn door creaking noise.

 

I took the picture myself. It’s a third gen.

 

Wow, maybe it was the angle of the pic but it doesn't look the same to me, of course its been a couple years since I was under there last too.

 

I would have to look under my dash to be positive but I think that pic is of the clutch switch. The push rod for the pedal adjustment is more to the back side of the pedal.

 

That sounds right, if you are laying under and looking upward you should see the pushrod for the pedal.

 

Hm... the green bushing is the only point that stops the pedal on its upstroke.

 

Find the service manual DL link here (Post #120).

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2016-tacoma-service-manual-availability-pdf.485229/page-6

Grab the bookmark for "clutch" and you'll see what's up in the adjustment procedure.

I had to adjust clutch rod freeplay, as the plastic clutch pedal assembly would smack into the end of the rod with an annoying click every time I disengaged. Admittedly, this means I adjusted mine in the opposite direction you want to do yours.

Edit: Looking at this again, I see what you were going for in adjusting the end stop on the pedal up-travel. At a certain point though, you'll come up against the clutch pushrod once all the gap is closed up (obviously). I'm not sure if you can get enough adjustment for what you want, but good luck!

 

Thanks for the document. It's the same one that I was using. Unfortunately, it's just straight up just wrong about how to limit the uptravel. Haha... I'll figure it out or just live with it.

 

I finally crawled under and snapped a pic for you, this is from the bottom looking up and you can clearly see the nut.

 

Nice guy , nice picture . Did you get dizzy upside down ?

 

You are correct, that clutch switch is what limits up travel, adjust that if you want to have more or less travel. Unplug the switch, loosen the locknut and spin the whole switch to your desired point and plug it back in, this will prevents twisting of the wires.

I used this diagram when I adjusted my Freeplay. You'll notice that it points out that part (a) as the pedal height adjustment. Part (a) is the clutch switch.

http://www.ttguide.net/adjustment-1098.html

 

This is what I wanted to know: I do need to unplug it. I also need much smaller hands to do so, but that’s another matter altogether.

Thanks for confirming my hypothesis!

 

Just posting so I can find this thread later. The clutch is really the only thing I dislike about my new truck. I knew there'd be less tactile feel going from my old 370z to this but I didn't realize there'd be a complete lack. It's taken all 600+ miles I've put on it just to kind of get used to it.

 

I finally adjusted my clutch height and did the clutch accumulator bypass. I have some tips...

Clutch height adjustment
You can get a lot of things out of the way to make this a little easier.

The lower dash panel is easier to remove than I thought. Take off the door sill plastic. Take off the kick panel (remove one plastic nut on the floorboard, the two white tabs inside will just pop out). With the kick panel removed, a 10mm bolt will be exposed that needs to be removed. There are two other screws to take out.


Two nuts hold on the fuse panel. Take them off, unplug all the stuff on the front, fold it down.



Now your dashboard looks like it vomited. But you can plainly see what you’re working on and hopefully fit your hands.

Unplug the white connector. It has a tab that needs to be pressed to pull it out.

Break out the top lock nut (14mm). It’s partially blocked by the shape of the stamped bracket, which adds a level of difficulty. Unscrew to desired height.

Twist the assembly to lower it and reduce the pedal height. Don’t forget to press down the clutch while you’re spinning it or you’ll be fighting the clutch pedal the whole way down.

Tighten the lock washer.

Button it all back up.

Clutch accumulator bypass

Remove the accumulator cylinder guard on the trans.
Remove the catalytic converters support bracket.
Don’t remove anything else.
You’re going to have to bleed the clutch anyway (get the small bottle of DOT 3 fluid, not the big one), so don’t worry about crimping the line.
Open the bleeder, drain the clutch line.
Remove the accumulator.
Install the bypass.
Bleed the clutch. It only takes 4 pump/bleed cycles to fill the whole line.

Enjoy your smoother ride. Realize that you are actually good at driving a stick and the truck has been jerking you around.

 

Did you order the bypass from TW?

 

Is this where i say im glad i have the automatic? Because every time there's a bitch about the 6 speed the manual guys jump in and say sell that POS and get what i have...

but of corse now , it sounds like a the clutch accumulator bypass may help,
(ps I've had 3 cars with a stick and drove them for over 15 years) so don't start the crap of you don't know what your missing and i still drive my sons Fiat 500 sport w/stick

 

My gripes with the clutch were personal issues. I had to lift my leg to reach the pedal instead of pivoting my toe with my heel on the ground. The adjustment that I made fixed the issue.

I would choose the manual all over again. The only things I wish I had are CRAWL and push button start, but the benefits outweigh the lack of these features.

 

Yes. User Trident904. It smoothed out shifts significantly. I think my wife will appreciate it.

 

Im not slamming you, you have every right to get it to be the way you want, I just saw a place to post a little crap back to the 5%