The clutch on my 6n is very high. It doesnt seem to slip, its just right at the top which is quite annoying.

I've seen a thread here before where it had pictures of an adjustable bolt in the engine bay where you can loosen/tighten which alters the biting point position.

Is this correct and if so can someone guide me to where it is.

Thanks

That adjustment you speak of is on the earlier manual adjustment cables, chances are yours will have the self adjusting cable on it

To check look at the end of the cable where it joins the gearbox, the end of the cable should be threaded and have a couple of nuts on it if its manual, if its self adjusting it won't. The self adjusting ones are a known weak point and imo it would be worth trying a new cable on it

Adjuster?

Check the picture at the top of this thread. It may look like that - I have a 6N2 with this manual adjustment.

Slackening off the adjuster may well lower the biting point, but could also leave you with a clutch which doesn't 'clear' properly when the pedal is pressed fully down, in turn, this could make gear selection, especially from stationary, difficult to achieve.

I have said on here many times, that my preferred method of adjusting the clutch, is different from what the workshop manual will tell you.

The manual will tell you to assess the clearance from the pedal end, personally I find this a bit hit-and-miss, much preferring to check it from the clutch lever (gearbox) end.

If you have 6mm of free play at the lever end, then the clutch will have the correct clearance.

I started by saying what the result of too much free play would be. If there is no or not sufficient clearance, the release bearing will quickly wear and the clutch may even slip, leading to even more wear.

If the biting point is near to the fully 'out' position of the clutch pedal and the above mentioned adjustment is correctly set, the probability is that the clutch is nearing the end of its life, although it is worth also checking that the pedal box has not failed. (Plenty of information on here for checking that item.)

Regards.

Thanks for the explanation caretakerplus. I've been trying to get to the bottom of this for a while.

Just to clarify:

If you have 6mm of free play at the lever end, then the clutch will have the correct clearance.

So by that you mean allow 6mm of slack in the spring to be taken up before the spring is fully closed?

As I've said before, elsewhere, the guy who fitted my clutch said you shouldn't take all the slack out of that spring (as in the example photo I referenced from the other thread).

Like you say the feel of adjustment from the pedal is different from what you see and feel at the gearbox end.

You can either just push on the end of the cable, or press the lever that goes into the clutch bell-housing, as long as there is some free play there (as I said, about 6mm) then that is all that you need to check.

Regards.