In order to ensure the proper operation of the car, it is necessary to periodically check, and sometimes it is necessary to adjust the free stroke of the clutch pedal. In this article, I will tell you about it in more detail.
What does this concept mean? It characterizes the freedom of movement of the clutch pedal until its response. You can feel it when you click on her. At the very beginning, as soon as you started to press the pedal, it will go enough freely. That is, you do not feel much resistance. After the trigger, you will notice the appearance of greater hardness when pressing. It is this period that you click without much effort is easily called a free move.
How to understand that it has time for checking this indicator? Everything is very simple! Just pay attention to how the car behaves when you switch the transmission.
If you encounter shocks or ravings at the very beginning of the movement, or the inclusion of the transfer is accompanied by noise, it means that you should definitely check the free move of your car. So, we run the engine and slowly let go of the pedal. If the movement of the machine will begin at once, as soon as you started to let it go, there is no free move. In the event that the car did not touch, and the pedal is completely lowered, the norm is exceeded.
Find in your arsenal the usual ruler. You can measure the distance from the floor to the rubber lining on your pedal. The average norm is 160 mm. If you have the result of the measurement more, you need to adjust. Carefully click on the pedal. Then, with the help of the ruler, measure the distance when it walks freely until the resistance appears. Check the value with the technical requirements of your car. This figure should fall into the allowable limit. If it differs from the regulatory indicators, then it's time to work a little in the garage.
What should be free
This term has permissible limits. For each model or car brand, this figure should be in accordance with the technical requirements. Sometimes incorrectly adjusted free move pulls the trouble. And this is not only an incorrect clutch work. In the worst cases, this state of affairs may entail a breakdown. 
The grip of the car will not work not the entire plane of the disks in the case of a large idling value. With a small - it can arise slip. As a result, the details will be faster. To ahead of such unpleasant cases and the proper operation of the car, it is desirable to make such a check as far as possible. And if this requires the result of the test, also to regulate it.
How to adjust
Mechanics: In this case, you can bring a car to the operating state by adjusting the drive. To do this, you need to know where the adjusting bolt is located. Under the hood at the end of the cable, find it. On this bolt is the adjusting nut. It is the rotation of this nut and will regulate the move. If you need to enlarge it, simply tip the nut on the tip. If on the contrary, you want to reduce it, unscrew. After these uncomplicated manipulations, you need to click on the clutch pedal three times. And only now you can check the indicator again. Thus, the procedure described by me above can be applied until the desired indicators reaches.
In the case of hydraulic clutch, the total length from the pusher rod to the extrusion plug should fit into a range of up to 5 mm. (The figure led to the approximate applied to the classic car, specify for the conditions). Remove the spring from the bracket of the working cylinder and fork. By turning or wrapping the adjusting nut on the cylinder rod, it will achieve an indicator of the fork itself in 5 mm.
As you already understood, the issue of adjusting the free stroke of the clutch pedal will not require preparation or expensive tool. You can easily handle it yourself. Just find the technical documentation according to your car to verify the obtained indicators with the regulatory, and the seasonal consumables are needed for saved money.
Video "How to adjust the clutch by car"
Looking at this video, you can easily adjust the clutch on VAZ cars 2110,2111,2112.
