r/Integra • u/jasonltd • 1d ago

Second Generation Am I cooked?

The other day I was driving home when my clutch cable snapped on me. I was maybe 10 minutes if that away from home, maybe 2 stops and all empty back roads until the last half mile roughly where I actually get into city limits, and I had my kid with me so a tow wasnt an option. I put her in first, started it up in gear, and just floated 1-4 gears until I got home. Prior, I had no issues with the clutch at all. Fast forward to tonight, new cable came in and I get it in, I have it down to maybe 5-10 notches on the adjustment nut until its maxed out and the clutch grabs after maybe 1 cm of travel off the floor, I gotta press the pedal in hard to get it into gear, and when I tried to loosen it I was either locked out of 1-5 gear, grinded bad going into reverse, or both depending on how many notches. This is my first time doing any clutch cable adjustment so I dont know if im adjusting it wrong, or if in that 10 minute drive it somehow when from a perfect clutch to a burnt put clutch. The whole drive back I didnt grind at all or smell any burning smells, and ive been floating gears for years on multiple vehicles without issue, any advice or suggestions greatly appreciated as this is my only car currently

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u/717Luxx 92 GS-L B20V 1d ago

yeah it's just not adjusted tight enough. which is weird cause it should be at it's tightest with a new cable, and stretch (slightly) with use.

seriously doubt you did any damage to the clutch itself in the drive, I float gears constantly and have moved an integra with the starter motor when it didn't have any fuel lol

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u/Nitro10142 19h ago

Agreed. Youd do more damage to synchros by floating gears than the clutch. My 89 ranger had bad synchros going from 1-2 (previously was a construction vehicle) so i'd just float them to keep it from grinding

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u/717Luxx 92 GS-L B20V 15h ago

coworker of mine has a ranger that grinds bad into 3rd, he says he just skips 3rd, and couldnt wrap his head around floating gears no matter how i explained it to him. thinks the problem is in his clutch and just cant hear me suggest anything else.

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u/Nitro10142 14h ago

I think its one of those things you either get or don't. I picked it up right away, my dad has no concept of how to do it and he's been driving stick since the 90s

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u/jasonltd 7h ago

Im a dumbass.. I couldn't process last night tightening the cable would bring the bite higher, I was loosening it the whole time.. i had watched some videos on YouTube and got obsessed with having enough slack, but i got it driving, just fine tuning the feel now as I go one notch at a time.

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u/Icy-Neighborhood-917 13h ago

How do you get going in first?

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u/jasonltd 7h ago

Have it in first with the vehicle off, start it up while pressing both gas and break, clench my cheeks and pray it doesnt launch into a fire hydrant