Well, my new alternator is shiny and the oil leaks seem to be cured, although I'll be keeping a close eye on things. This timing chain cover thing scares me...

The tech at Nissan says that my clutch pedal is hard to push, and that it's the cable. I didn't pay it any mind because it's been like that since I bought it; the only other SR20 car I've driven is Ben's NX, which seemed really easy to push, but I chalked it up to his aftermarket clutch at the time.

Is there anything to this? I can state categorically that I don't think it's the clutch itself, as it isn't slipping at all or otherwise misbehaving. They want $200 to replace the cable, which I will figure out how to do myself if necessary. Anybody else have this "problem?"

TIA

200 dollars? what are they, nuts???? :mad:

stupid dealers. Buy the cable from nissanparts.cc or courtesy..it should run you about 40 bucks or so.

The install is cake...shouldn't take you more than a half hour or an hour, depending on what's in your way. Often times, to get to the transmission side of the cable, you have to remove the battery, airbox resonator and airbox, and slide the fuse box over.

Instructions are on se-r.net. Do it yourself, go kick the stealership in the nutsack.

I'm glad the install is easy (my airbox is already gone :D ) but I'm trying to find out if this problem even exists.

Anyone?

oh right. hehe, my bad. I know about that replacement procedure because my best bud (nismoNX2000) had the same problem with his clutch when he got his car months ago.

I had just had a new clutch put in, and stepping on the pedal is like stepping on air. When I got into his car, the thing was like another freakin floor.

We took the cable out, sure enough, you could feel the high resistance in the cable. When the new one came, you can immediately see how easily the cable was supposed to slide through the sheath.

Case in point: the new cable made the pedal worlds easier to operate. John's leg no longer hurts in heavy traffic :D

mine clutch cable is getting tighter but not bad. would it be bad to replace it just to keep the resistance low? if its easy and cheap i dont see why not replace it. when the clutch catches more towards the driver is that a sign that the clutch is going or what?

My NX's is tough as hell too... hey stine - I'm putting a new clutch in tonight/tommorow at my fiance's in cincy, you'r welcome to stop out - I'm also replacing the clutch cable....

The damn NX clutch held me up from the DET swap - I hope to drop it in saturday night now....

If your interested stine call me - 513-383-9927 is my cell

later

chris

i had bought a new clutch cable when i first got my car used about 2 months ago. the pedal felt 'heavy' and 'abrasive', if you can imagine. i didn't install it right away. of course, a month later, the cable just flat out snapped on me. not a pleasant experience. luckily, i was within a mile of my friend's house where we were working on our cars together (both '94 se-r's). AAA towed it back to his house for me, and after an hour or two of pain in the ass work, we got the cable in. it feels much better now. if you don't want to risk snapping the cable (i'm not sure how often that happens) i'd suggest you change it. snapping a clutch cable gives you this very helpless feeling. and also, if this is your first time changing a clutch cable, which i assume it is, i'd plan on spending a little more than 1/2 an hour on it. it's not a difficulty process, but can be because of the tight quarters by the firewall. hope this helps and good luck!

Originally posted by NismoSER

Case in point: the new cable made the pedal worlds easier to operate. John's leg no longer hurts in heavy traffic :D

I can totally vouch for that. The clutch when i bought the car was heavy as sin. Right off the bat i figured it needed a new clutch. But, after posting on the forum you guys suggested i change the cable first. Well, i ordered it up, got it, and chris and i installed it. The clutch is 100 times better. Not nearly as light as chris', but still much much better. It honestly wasnt that hard to do either. Im sure you have more room in your engine compartment then my little nx does which made doing the job a little harder. But, its more fun to do it yourself anyway.

Originally posted by ser20de
mine clutch cable is getting tighter but not bad. would it be bad to replace it just to keep the resistance low? if its easy and cheap i dont see why not replace it. when the clutch catches more towards the driver is that a sign that the clutch is going or what?

Well, it generally does mean that once the clutch starts engaging at a higher point towards the driver, then its gonna be time for a new clutch soon. Or, it might only be the cable itself. You adjust where the clutch engages with the cable. You can make it catch lower or higher or in the middle or wherever depending on where you set it. Theres a little locknut and a wheel to the left of the locknut. All you have to do is loosen the locknut and turn the wheel clockwise to make the engagment point higher, or counterclockwise to make it lower. Then tighten up the locknut and your good to go.