I just picked up my Exedy Organic Racing Clutch
Here are some pics:









And this sheet came in the box. YES, this was the actual copy quality!! I had to go over it with a pen because some of the words were too faint to see.



My question is: Is this normal for most aftermarket clutches to have a releasing problem? Is it hard to adjust, can the average mechanic do it? Where is the push rod adjustment?

 

Since you are asking these questions, you should leave it to the pros.

Aftermarket clutches should NOT have a releasing problems. The clutch on your 4th gen prelude is hydraulic, there is no way to adjust it; unless you want to fool around with the clutch push-rod, which is pretty well set from the factory. The pushrod adjustment is on the clutch pedal, located beneath the driver side dash board. The only time the pushrod will need adjustment is when you install a new clutch master cylinder.

Thank goodness I bought myself an ACT clutch, currently still needs to be installed. I didn't know Exedy was having problems.

Leave it to the pros; good luck.

 

o have the exedy clutch on my 94 lude vtec... i wouldn't exactly say it has any releasing problems although somtimes it really grabs hard... what i discovered is that you just need to warm it up for about 2 mins before you drive it. it takes care of everything. after that everything is cool on mine. it feels almost like a stock clutch, so exedy is not the problem.
it could be that you didn't install it properly... i'm just guessing here, but i really like my exedy clutch.
warm it up before you drive, try then.

 

My Exedy Organic is fine and I did the install myself. The clutch didn't want to engage right away, so I had someone try to shift gears and I manually engaged and disengaged the clutch. The clutch caught and it has been fine ever since.

 

The guy who's gonna install my clutch has a lot of experience with Preludes.
He said sometimes the Exedy's need adjustment, sometimes they don't. Its a matter
of being lucky or not. From what I can tell the people who installed them from this board had good luck.

I'm surprised this clutch would need adjustment because Exedy supplies non-racing OEM clutches to Honda.

Any other people with problems?

 

When I installed mine it was perfect from the get go... I love thats clutch...
Josh

 

i have an Exedy clutch although its stock...and for whoever said the 4th generation preludes are hydraulic, sorry they use a cable system for the clutch...anyways, i love my clutch, i wont get an aftermarket one until i absolutely have too

 

Go and look underneath your hood. Do you see the brake master cylinder reservoir? Yes? To the right side of this, do you see another see another reservoir? Yes? (well, you should!) Duh!!! This is the clutch master cylinder! And one more thing, look down at your tranny. Up where thr front torque mount is bolted onto the tranny, see the "cylinder" thing next to it? That's the clutch slave cylinder.

What does this mean? Our 4th gen preludes have a HYDRAULIC clutch system!

A cable operated clutch would have neither; just only a cable.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ChurchBoyRacer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Go and look underneath your hood. Do you see the brake master cylinder reservoir? Yes? To the right side of this, do you see another see another reservoir? Yes? (well, you should!) Duh!!! This is the clutch master cylinder! And one more thing, look down at your tranny. Up where thr front torque mount is bolted onto the tranny, see the "cylinder" thing next to it? That's the clutch slave cylinder.

What does this mean? Our 4th gen preludes have a HYDRAULIC clutch system!

A cable operated clutch would have neither; just only a cable.</TD></TR></TABLE> your a Moron...im mean seriously, hydraulic is totally different, go look underneath a civic or integra..See the Very thick rod going stright to the tranny, thats a HYDRAULIC one, ALL CLUTCHES use a psiton to push the fliud through the clutch system, In the 4th gens the LONG cables going from the shifter to the tranny are cables, which makes it a CABLE tranny, why do you think when u swap in an H22 to a civic u have to convert it to Cable instead of Hydro...learn your stuff, before giving false information, if it were ONLY a cable as you say, how would you get pressure to engage and disenage the clutch?? id love to hear a Physics based explanation on that one

 

ha ha - you are a moron. I like how you give information on installing a clutch, and you haven't installed yours.

 

? my h23 tranny is hydro...

 

They are cable shifters, hydro tranny.

 

Hey PreludeRacer023, have you ever seen a 1st gen b16 with a cable tranny? It still has those "rods" that is shifts with but is a cable tranny.

 

Not what Honda says, but i guess they know nothing

 

well apartenly im mistaken, but i was going off Honda Techs and Perfromance shops, guess thats why i do all my OWN work..

 

Do you have the 08-805 organic clutch? If the Exedy can hookup a 13s 1/4mile,
it is more than good enough for me.

 

Geez... Yes, Preludes (at least 92+) all have a hydraulicly actuated clutch. The gear select is what is cable actuated.

Andrew

 

Hey guys, this sounds kind of like my problem with my car. I bought my car used but for some reason...every once in a while when i try to shift into gear...the will get locked into the gear. Then, sometimes it will lock me out of shifting my car into gear. The only way I can get my car out of gear.....or back into gear is to shut the car off.....slowly pull and push on the shifter...until it eventually comes out of gear...or goes back into gear. It will usually get loose again after like 10 seconds of having the car off and pushing and pulling on the lever.

Also, when it gets stuck in gear....while having the clutch in...the car will actually start to roll forward like an auto tranny car. When this happens.....with the cluttch pushed in....and it is still rolling forward on its own...if I push in the brake...the car will not stall out. It will come to a complete stop....rpms not affected. Then if I let off the brake pedal again...the car will start to drive forward again like an auto tranny car.

Does this sound like the same problem?? Any ideas??

I have already changed the clutch master and slave cylinder to see if this cures the problem. It did not.
I am stumped.

Oh, I don't think the clutch is bad because i can still chirp 2nd.

Also, it doesn't happen all the time. Only once in a while. I am ALL out of ideas


Modified by AndyD at 11:01 PM 4/14/2003

 

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I have the same clutch in my 5th Gen, no problems.

 

Yes, that does sound like the problem. The Exedy states it will seem as though the clutch does not fully disengage, which is what you are explaining when you say it acts like an automatic car and rolls forward. Might want to check it out.

 

don't shoot the newbie, but where do you guys order your exedy clutches from? i've been looking all over the net and can't find a single site. somebody help me out!

 

Just got it installed. No adjustment was needed, grabs nice!
You can beat it for the price!

Is 1000km an adequate breakin period.

Btw: civic_187 you can try http://www.coximport.com/exedy/

 

civc_187: You can also check http://www.clutchcityonline.com

 

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You dont need to break-in a organic clutch.

 

Hey guys, I just bought an Exedy clutch off Ebay for $105.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...70595

This is a good deal...right??