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  • Jalves619
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    Like Wiglaf said...



    The 22mm handlebar mount would almost be perfect for the thicker portion of the shifter, then you could just run a SS line to the slave cylinder. A reservoir could be mounted near the ashtray. You would have to consider the displacement of fluid needed to release the clutch but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

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  • Mlarsen
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    Anything is possible man with a possitive attitude. I have a few customers that come into my shop that have the hand lever for the brake pedal. I don't see why that couldn't be used for the clutch pedal.

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  • Wiglaf
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    It's not impossible. What I imagine is something like this:
    Motorcycle hand clutch mounted to the left side of the wheel so you can keep your hand at 9 or 10 o'clock while the right hand is on the shifter. This is a throttle cable type setup, much like bicycle brakes. You'll need some sort of rotational pull-ring linkage or maybe just a way to loop 4 turns of cable around the wheel base and keep it neat/contained.
    This remote mounts to the master cyl which can be oversized to make pulling it by hand easier.

    While typing this i had a second idea, same lever but mount it on the shifter so you can squeeze the clutch and shift at the same time with the same hand. This will leave the wheel un-cluttered.
    Might want one of those T shapes shift knobs to put it horizontal while you're at it, I imagine that would be more ergonomic for having to work a lever.

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  • 5Toes
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    Damnit.

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  • nando
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    no it's connected directly to the booster as well.

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  • 5Toes
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    Ok then mounting a clutch on the wheel, is well impossible. The brake however is just a hydraulic line to the brake booster though right?

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  • nando
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    it's connected directly to it, the master cylinder is bolted to the pedal box.

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  • 5Toes
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    Yes I know that.. but how does the clutch pedal connect to the master cylinder? Linkage? Or is it hoses?

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  • nando
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    there is a slave cylinder in the transmission, the master cylinder pumps fluid into it.

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  • 5Toes
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    Nando, that's awesome to hear. I have great control of my left foot and like I said I can drive automatic fine... either right foot on gas left on brake OR left foot doing both. I can even heel-toe :)

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  • 5Toes
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    Seriously speaking though, isn't the clutch setup really just the pedal and a hose going to the master cylinder? Or does the hydraulic fluid only flow out of the master cylinder?

    Quick lesson please :)

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  • nando
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    there was a dude locally that autox'd a 330ci zhp, he was paralyized from the waste down.. he was fast as hell, he even changed his own tires in a wheel chair. he definitely had a steering wheel setup for gas and brake, not shure about shifting but it wasn't an automatic.

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  • 5Toes
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    Maybe he powershifted the damn bug FTW!

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  • 5spoke
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    My uncles right leg is fused together at the knee and ankle. He is 60ish and it happened from a car accident when he was 19. He drove an old stock VW bug that was stick with only his left leg. I will ask him how he actually did it, I have always wondered how he manged to get around in it, but I never actually asked. Maybe he has some tips.

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  • Lodsin
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    Wow, you are the man!

    I saw a guy in a Mini that was handicapped, looked like he had the hand setup going... did I mention he was autocrossing?

    Anything is possible and you sir seem to have the attitude for it keep it up!

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