Charlie Adams' Journal

Last fall, the clutch pedal had started to catch about 1 inch from the top. In this position I could hear a slight a whirring noise and when I lifted the clutch pedal with my foot, it would snap to full return and the whirring noise would stop. So, the throw-out bearing was riding on the pressure plate until the pedal was lifted.

After getting the engine running again last month, it was time to investigate this clutch pedal catch. I started by removing the clevis pin at the end of the master cylinder rod and pushed to pedal to test its smoothness. Without the pin in place, the clutch pedal operated smoothly throughout its full range of travel. I was relieved that it appeared I might not need to fully dissemble the pedal assembly. I then inspected the hole in the master cylinder push rod fork, the hole at the top of the clutch pedal arm and the clevis pin. The clevis pin was quite rough, so I polished it on the wire wheel till smooth again, gave it a dab of grease and reassembled it. That was the fix! The clutch pedal now is smooth throughout its travel with no catch at the top.