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Pressure plate adjustment ring question


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97 Ranger 4cyl 5spd 2wd...my dad's rig:

According to the LOVELY haynes manual, before you put the pressure plate on the flywheel, you compress the springs, then click that ring all the way counter clockwise. His was all the way clockwise, so he clicked it all the way counterclockwise before installing.

Before he bolts everything up....i need to know

1) Does moving that CCW only apply to new pressure plates? (haynes sucks for clarifying "minor" details like that. Should he have left it where it was?

2) does that ring self adjust itself later? i dont understand how that works.
 


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uhhhh bump?
 

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bump....was really hoping someone would know the answer off the top of their head.
 

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third time is the charm......BUMP
 

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I never heard of anything like that.
 

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Ugh.....its there and called out in the Haynes manual for 97 and later models...i know someone in here knows the answer. Dont make me PM AlanD....lol
 

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Yeah I have no idea what you're talking about either :dunno:
 

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The online EBSCO/ARRA (manual system Autozone also uses) says this:

To adjust the clutch pressure plate, use an appropriate press and press down on the fingers until the adjusting ring moves freely. Next, turn the adjusting ring counterclockwise to compress the tension springs and hold the adjusting ring in this position. Then, release the pressure on the fingers because the adjusting ring will remain in the reset position.

As for doing it to a used plate... it sounds like it's just applying tension to the fingers... so I wouldn't think you'd do it to a used plate. But I don't know, my 93 didn't have any of this.

(And FWIW, Clutch City Online lists the same clutch kit as your 97 for late 94+... and judging by the pics that's the one with adjusting springs, so either they're selling the wrong kits, or else Haynes fails again)
 

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What he ^ said. If you don't adjust it, the clutch pedal won't feel right or won't release,,,,,,,,, or something like that.
 

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My guess is it depresses the springs all the way, and then the first time you depress the clutch it ratchets in to the optimal setting. I think it would be more crucial to do for a new thicker clutch disk because the springs would never move enough to release the disk.
 

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