Can clutch 'reach' be adjusted?

pinkteapot

In hubby's company car (which we both drive), the clutch pedal goes a long way down. When fully engaged, left foot is probably best part of a foot further forward then the right on the accelerator/brake.

Because of this, I'm finding it really hard to get a comfortable driving position. I'm either straining to reach the clutch when changing gear, or feel like I'm sitting too close to the steering wheel and accelerator/brake.

It's probably just my body geometry not getting on with Audi's models. Hubby finds it fine, but he can jump into any car and be comfortable!

Can a garage adjust the clutch pedal so it doesn't press down as far?

adouglasmhor

AdrianC

pinkteapot wrote: »

When fully engaged, left foot is probably best part of a foot further forward then the right on the accelerator/brake.

It might feel like it, but - really - it won't even be close to that.

Because of this, I'm finding it really hard to get a comfortable driving position. I'm either straining to reach the clutch when changing gear, or feel like I'm sitting too close to the steering wheel and accelerator/brake.

Are you using your leg or just your ankle and foot?

Can a garage adjust the clutch pedal so it doesn't press down as far?

Not easily. Clutch height used to be adjustable with a couple of locknuts on a cable - but all that was being adjusted was the point at which there was slack in the cable, so that point was reached with the pedal moved a mm or three from the stop. Then cables gained self-adjusting gizmos, then they were replaced by hydraulics, like the brakes. I'd be very surprised if your Audi wasn't a hydraulic clutch - again, self-adjusting. The pedal is sprung up against a hard metal stop, which limits the top of the travel (the rest position). The distance it pushes down before the clutch is totally released is "set" by the geometry of the various linkages and the travel of the hydraulic master and slave cylinders, together with their relative internal diameters. It can all be changed, but it'd be expensive.

Bantex_2

Ahhh
Women drivers, bless em.

pinkteapot

Arrrggghh!!

I have driven LOTS of other cars. We currently own another car and I drive both of them regularly. Honestly, this one's clutch pedal goes down far further than anything else I've ever driven.

Thanks AdrianC for the answer.

londonTiger

you just get used to it. I imagine if it were adjustable it would be on the pedal arm itself rather than ithe clutch on any other motorised part.

They will not allow for adjustment because it's a safetry problem - all nuts get loose over time - imagine if a pedal adjuster becomes loose while driving.