I noticed (and posted) that my clutch engaged at around .5" inch off the floor when new.
Now Its engaging around 2.5" off the floor.

Is this just a normal change that occurs after break-in?

 

anybody? bueller? bueller?

 

Your clutch is engaging at 2.5" off the floor. I wish mine did that. My '05 Coupe's clutch engages nearly at the top of travel. It took me awhile to adjust to that amount of travel. It hasn't changed since new and I have totally adapted to it.

 

Mine has not changed one bit in 15000 miles.

 

I dislike the long pedal travel before engagement - I'm sort of short (5'8") and it's a bit of a chore to pull my leg back to get the pedal, then press all the way to the floor. Can it be redeuced, so it doesn't go so far back when released?

 

is it possible to adjust the stock clutch??

 

Yes, I wish I had the link for the DIY. Its on another board, can't remember which. But basically you lower the pedal a little bit by screwing in the slave master cylinder rod in relation to the pedal. There is a chance that you may not be disengaging the clutch fully since there is less travel available overall, but people made very good arguments that its safe if you don't change the travel by alot. I did it, and the car is much more driveable for me now. Feels less like a truck pedal and more like a passenger car.... Maybe someone else here can supply the link?

 

ok, cool. I was wondering because when i first bought my car (used(12000k miles)) the pedel felt like it released really low. Now it feels like its almost at the top......

 

...mine did the same, it took a week or so before it went back to around the normal engage. point. I spoke with a tech before, and apparently some of the people doing the clutch adjustment have F'ed up the hydraulic component's and needed to get them replaced, at least under warranty though. So just a word of caution. Too low isn't good.

EDIT: Yeah, related to what he was talking about....

 

Hmm, interesting. If anyone has first hand experience of this happening to them or have seen reports of this on the web, let me know......

 

I have noticed this issue with my 04.5....It seems the clutch is now engaging all the way at the top of travel...and that its harder for me to "feel" the point where its actually grabbing.... 19k on the car

 

here it is

https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...utch+adjusment

 

It hasn't changed!! you just got used to it. try driving an auto for a week or two or drive another car and when you get back you'll set that it was the same. my clutch feel like it engage all the way at the top then i adjusted it. after driving it for awhile now it feel the same old high engagement again till I went on vacation and when i got back it felt low again just for a day till i got used to it and now it's high again . Or I'm just retarded