A word about clutches..
The clutch is 'disengaged' when your hand is
off the lever..when the engine is
engaged to the transmission.
The clutch is 'engaged' when the lever is pulled, when the engine is
disengaged from the transmission.
Well...I've always understood it that way... This is an example:
the web wrote:
On two occasions, I have pulled up to a red light and sat at the light with the clutch engaged while waiting for the light to change. All of a sudden, the truck started taking off even though I had not let off the clutch.
The vehicle is in gear, stopped, clutch pedal depressed, the clutch is 'engaged'.
But then...
the web also wrote:
If the clutch does not disengage properly, the synchromesh in the transmission prevents the smooth shifting between gears.
The vehicle is in gear, clutch pedal depressed, but it does not completely
disengage the trans..the still-applied pressure preventing smooth movement of transmission internals.
My point is...the two words, engaged/disengaged are often swapped around to the extent it's hard to say when the meaning is a disconnect from engine to trans or a connection.
When the
clutch is 'engaged', the trans is 'disengaged' from the engine.
Anyway......................
My clutch had
better not slip at all...WHEN FULLY DISENGAGED! ..according to my definition of that. If it does, I'm fixing it as soon as possible. The slip happens when I
start to engage the clutch..or, apply pressure to the lever.
IF you have your clutch set to slip with little pressure on the lever, the chance is having a continued pressure on the clutch even when the lever is completely released. That's the point of having freeplay (as Kanuck said).
Some have modified their engagement angle by lengthening the actuator arm. The longer the arm, the easier the pull, the
wider the arc required to fully engage (disengage the trans) the clutch. Obviously if it's too long, you don't have enough movement to get the job done.
But it will be easy to pull!
I think I've spread about enough BS on this thread for now...I'll go find another.........
A btw...I don't generally use the clutch at all for shifting. Why bother? If you do it right, you aren't hurting anything.
HEY SKI!!! How's YOUR clutch adjusted? ;)