mine grabs up near the top....i drive a 95 gsr and i bought it used so im assuming it is the stock clutch but when i drive my friend's 95 gsr..his clutch engages right about an inch from the floor...i found i like the early clutch engagement better....where do they supposed to grab? how do the ACT ones grab?

 

i dont have a teg, but my brass button clutch in my familia grabbed about half an inch from the floor when it was first installed

 

Grabbing near the top could mean your clutch is on the way out.

 

no its like...kinda hard to press down and when i do press it down...when i release it pops out really fast...

 

mine have always caught up top... i like it better that way... imo u can shift much faster with it at the top... if u think about it... u can slam your foo tin and out... and u have that much more time to shift correctly... when it catches low... u dont really have any time to shift because the only time the clutch id disengaged is when its at the bottom for a fraction of a second... but those few fractions of a second compared to having it at the top mean a lot imo

 

as ek9t says it is best if it is adjusted near the top. if you can feel (hard to explain, but if you drive a manual, and know what all the parts are, it can be envisioned) about 1"-1 1/2" of play at the top of the clutch before the throwout bearing hits the presure plate you are doing the best you can. you want a little play so that you know that the throwout is dissengaging entirely from the clutch assy, if your clutch isn't dissengaging till you get it 3/4 of the way to the floor you might be causing problems with your tranny. if the pressure plate doesn't dissengage and allow the clutch plate to float with no friction, your engine is still going to be engaged with your tranny, and that is where you get premature clutch wear, and tranny probs.

 

My clutch grabs the same way as ek9's. I have about an inch of play and then it grabs. It only has 10K on it. I definitely prefer engagement near the top so I don't always have to wait until the pedal is floored in order to shift. Those fractions of a second can be the difference of winning or losing.

 

I know that in third generation Integras the clutch pedal is self-adjusting for wear. If you have a third generation teg and the clutch is engaging at the top then like LostGsr it is getting worn out. When you get a new clutch you have to readjust it to factory specs and then the engagement point will be closer to the floor. This was the way it was with my clutch when I replaced it. In fact it was acting funny untill I adjusted it.

 

mine always grabbed high though. even when i brought it home from the dealer with 6 miles on it.

 

mine grabs high...about an ich of play then it grabs....i like it better cause when i race i don't have to depress it all the way to the floor so my shifts are much quicker

 

Way up high with about an inck of play. Always been that way and i prefer it that way.

 

It still grabs relatively high when the clutch is new, but if you go drive an integra with a clutch that is basically completely gone (like mine a week ago) then you would immediately be able to tell a difference. When I put in my new clutch the thing was so far off the there was no play in the pedal at all, my release bearing was pissed at me for a while .