Clutch Pedal Spring

[Pushrods4ever]

I have about 1000 miles on my '05 now and still have not gotten used to the uneven spring tension of the Clutch. It seems the tension is not linear from top to full disengage.

It just feels a little quircky compared to the many manual shift cars I have had and still have. Other folks that have never driven an SSR, that have driven mine also have remarked the clutch sure feels real easy, but it seems a little ackward at the release point.

I just found a wonderful tip on the C6 Corvette Forum and it seems a bunch of folks felt the same way as myself in regard to pedal tension in the C6 vettes. It seems there is a double coil spring attached to the pedal arm that reduces the feedback from the pressure plate to the pedal and removing the spring is the fix. Removing the spring did not have any affect on the full return of the pedal and now the pedal feel is just what I am used to..Tension feel is now linear and is not much harder than without the assist spring.

Fix only took about a minute. Just get down on floorboard with a good flashlite and find the loop end of the coil spring that goes into the hole and take a flatblade screwdriver and pry it out to relieve the tension. Do the same for other side when tension is released.

Try it, you will like it, if you don't, just put the spring back on.

Doug

[freezer]

The theory on manuals today is to have a non-linear rate on the clutch pedal force. The force should get less as you get closer to the floor. This is a lot easier on your leg during stop and go driving. You should have max force at the engage point of the clutch. This is like a recurve bow with the pulley system. There is less force to hold the arrow at full stroke but the arrow sees the full bow tension as it is released.

[Pushrods4ever]

Thanks Freezer for the information as to why GM did what they did.

I agree there is a bit less pressure as the pedal gets closer to the floor for the casual stop and go driver. For the drivers that have never had a stick shift this probably is just fine and they can learn to adjust to the way this works. For me, I gave it a couple of weeks but never really adjusted to it. I drive other cars that have the normal clutch pedal feel and removing the assist feature on the SSR was better in my case.

I guess you can call me an old dog that can't learn new tricks, but I like the feel and feedback from the clutch pressure plate and not an added spring in the system.

Doug

[MelloYello]

This takes less than 30 seconds and makes all the difference in the world. The clutch feeling has returned and there are no side effects.

Thanks for the fix.[b]

[Pushrods4ever]

Thanks for the feedback Mello Yellow, heck it took me more than 30 seconds just to get myself down on the floorboard. The another 30 seconds was to pop the spring off. That's why I mentioned it took a whole minute.



Doug