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900SE - adjusting clutch - Very disappointing non-saab services in Rome

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#1 ·
Hi everybody,

I have a 1994 900SE 5doors. During last 6 months my clutch pedal progressively lost efficience (sorry, my english is very poor: how do you say when you press the pedal for some angle and you feel no action?)
Now I suppose it's only matter to adjust my clutch pedal cable (wire?) but the problem is there's no Saab service in my area (only two in Rome, both very very far from me) and car services all around here are absolutely "not interested" in repairing a Saab. Just to have an idea: this morning I went to one of these and they said: please move your Volvo there (!)...
A year ago my radiator tube broke. I had to change it myself because I didn't found any mechanic so skilled to do the job. I bought the tube (25€). I spent 10 minutes, and my 900 was like new...

please help or suggest me some site with mechanical schemes.

bye
 
#2 ·
Ciao, lo conosci già http://www.saabway.org/forum/index.php ? sito di saabisti italiani, qualcuno anche di Roma... penso che per problemi come i tuoi ti possano aiutare. Cè anche una sezione di link di siti con procedure. Al momento non ho un link sottomano per una guida per registrare la frizione, ma dovrebbe essere abbastanza semplice, ci dovrebbe essere un registro in cima al cambio, sulla leva dove arriva il cavo....

For all non/Italian speakers here, I just gave him the link to Italian saabers forum... and told him I have no procedure to adjust the clutch to link him to, but that it should be quite easy anyway (I've never dome that, but still...)
I think that the problem that you're trying to describe with the clutch is just "too much free travel", or "too much pedal play"...
Anyway, I can't see why any mechanic would refuse to fit a simple coolant hose. It's a very smiple job and they can charge you a good 50-100€ for that... :confused: you're much better off to DIY :cool: much more funny, as well.
 
#3 ·
ti ringrazio moltissimo per il reply. Avavo fatto una (forse poco accurata) ricerca su google senza trovare forum italiani.
Comunque: certo che se posso me lo riparo da solo! sono un appassionato di DIY (per le cose semplici...) Grazie per il link

Thanks a lot for you reply. I'll try to do it myself!
 
#4 ·
stv said:
ti ringrazio moltissimo per il reply. Avavo fatto una (forse poco accurata) ricerca su google senza trovare forum italiani.
Comunque: certo che se posso me lo riparo da solo! sono un appassionato di DIY (per le cose semplici...) Grazie per il link

Thanks a lot for you reply. I'll try to do it myself!
Ciao Stefano, come va?

La trasmissione, e in partilacolare la frizione in una 900 dovrebbe essere, infatti lo e'! la parte meccanica che e' piu' facilmente realizzabbile in confronto ad altre marche. Io da principiante ho avuto l'occasione di farlo piu' di una volta con l'ausilio di un manuale. Percio' munisciti di un manuale e datti da fare!
Ciao e forza azzurri
Aldo
 
#5 ·
The "automatically adjusting" cable is no good.

Better to replace it with the manual adjuster clutch cable..
Working on a Saab would be a break from those difficult Italian cars,IMO.
A real mechanic would have no trouble..:cheesy:
 
#6 ·
thanks Abarone, this morning I started working on it discovering I'll probably need a new pedal, but... Saab service said at the phone: no pedals until september. Capisci?!

Hi Earthworm. I didn't know that exist a non-self-adjunting cable... Do you think can european saabs mount it?
 
#8 ·
stv said:
Hi Earthworm. I didn't know that exist a non-self-adjunting cable... Do you think can european saabs mount it?
What you'd know as an Opel vectra 'A' has a very similar cable but it is a manual adjust item. I believe though, that the fitting on the pedal is different.

I'm suprised you feel you need a new pedal, the fualt you've described is often the cable or the the pivot bearings of the part the cable pulls on - on to of the gearbox [this moves the clutch] clutch dust clogs up these pivot bearings making it stiff and poor over time.
 
#10 ·
stv said:
that another reason for "low" clutch is a weared hole in the pedal...

still studying
The cable has a hook-over attachment method to the pedal; the pedal itself can get loose with wear but the auto-adjuster should take up all of this.

My only thought is to investigate carefully before you spend money; do you know an Opel specialist? they may be willing to help if you run into problems.
 
#12 ·
stv said:
thanks rag, you're right. I had a look at the pedal and seems ok...
As usual the "foreign" writer uses better English than the English..But here , there is no "foreign", instead it is international..

A Saab/Opel dealer , if on the stick, should have a manual adjust cable...In the states, the NAPA dealers have them, I believe....

I pulled the pedals from the old Saab 900, they are most rugged, unbreakable, a forever item....The cable end hole could wear excessively, but isn't there a bushing there??? And that would probably be a generic item...
 
#13 ·
earthworm said:
I pulled the pedals from the old Saab 900, they are most rugged, unbreakable, a forever item....The cable end hole could wear excessively, but isn't there a bushing there??? And that would probably be a generic item...
No bushing, but I've had good luck boring it out, cutting down a steel bolt sleeve with the new outside diameter and old inside diameter.
 
#14 ·
the end...

the end is: (almost) every car service is now closed in Rome, at Saab service they don't have parts (self-adj, manual-adj, laser-adj, no matter) so I have to wait until august 28...

1 month by bicycle.

Next life I'll open a good car service.
 
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