clutch pedal height ** NOW WITH PICTURE**

[jrobie79]

I recently replaced my clutch, master and slave cylinder, and when I hooked everything up, my clutch pedal now sits about 3 inches higher than my brake pedal/where it sat before. I did bleed the system and there is resistance when pressing the clutch, although it doesnt appear to make shifting any easier with the pedal pressed down (car doesnt start yet; redoing some vacuum lines, intake manifold/valve cover painting, other problems I'm fixing).

I did not change anything with the pedal mount, only the cylinders, I did add a stainless line from the hardline to the slave cylinder.

Could this be a problem with an incorrect master and or/slave? [Maybe slave cylinder since the effort required to shift gears seems about the same clutch in or out.] I bought the master off craigslist, it looked identical to my old one, and I bought the slave from BMA so I'm assuming it is the correct one.

Any ideas?

[jlevie]

The rest position of the pedal can be adjusted via the eccentric bolt at the pedal arm pivot point.

[jrobie79]

was that one of the bolts required to take out to replace the master cylinder? If so then maybe that would work, but I only took out the master cylinder and replaced it, nothing else.

[Jean]

3 inches?!

[jrobie79]

yeah it sits pretty damn high, it does go all the way to the floor, im wondering if the master is the wrong part and made for another bmw

[DRTSRFR]

What's the part number?

[accident]

pictures

[jrobie79]

so i took the master cylinder out b/c it didnt look the same as the one in my sisters. the one on her car does not have that brass part as seen in the pic:



just looking for confirmation that this is in fact the wrong part (although the numbers on the side are the same: S5459A)

[nomansland92]

Looks like the right master cylinder to me. Unless I put the the wrong one in my car

[accident]

Brass part? I don't see anything brass in that picture.

[glucklich21]

so i took the master cylinder out b/c it didnt look the same as the one in my sisters. the one on her car does not have that brass part as seen in the pic:



just looking for confirmation that this is in fact the wrong part (although the numbers on the side are the same: S5459A)

That one is too long because of that "brass" (it's zinc coated steel) bit.

See how my old one lacks that part? That's not an E30 MC.

[jrobie79]

thanks guys, looked at my sisters and noticed the same thing, that steel part at the end wasnt there so I ordered a new one from BMA....wish i saved the email from the guy on craigslist who sold it to me