Clutch engaging to high

Hi to everyone I am new here but not to toyota ..always loved toyota and finally got myself one that is worth fixing and keeping..So this may be simple question or a hard one lol
I looked and looked on here and many other places to find out how to Adjust the clutch pedal heigh,t exactly as recommended in the service manual because I don't want to risk burning up the clutch prematurely. So my issue is the clutch on my 2000 tacoma 5sp engages to high, so I want find out how to adjust it correctly to spec as to not blow my clutch out early from wrong adjusting. If anyone knows of a diagram with instructions on this that would be great, as I dont like the way its right at the top when it engages. The clutch does not slip or anything I just cant get use to the clutch engaging at the top of the petal. As Where it engages, I am use to it being free play and I end up dropping the clutch a lot the way its set. So to cbe clear as I may not be saying it right I am wanting the clutch to engage more around the middle of the clutch movement and now it is pretty much when my foot is off the clitch is where it is engaged
Thanks for any help. Steve

 

My 96 is the same way



I was used to most clutches engaging at a different point as well, ive looked an i cant find a way to adjust it. It grows on you if you daily drive it. My friend has a Toyota Pickup (86) and she can't drive my clutch because she drops it just as you do. Best advice i can give is to get used to it

 

Thanks for the reply. I will just have to drive it a lot I huess and get use to it as you say if there is no way to adjust the darn thing lol I sure hope there is because my 16 yrs of driving where the clutch engages half way up the travel is going to be hard to get un use to it at the top :s but I guess if I have to live with it I will..

 

Haha, i test drove 18 different tacomas of the same year when i bought mine and they were all the same way! But i got used to it within a week or two!

 

Guess I better get driving to get myself use to this odd clutch engagment. how could they do mostly everything right but the clutch engagment not like any other vehicle out there lol

 

Once i got used to it i really enjoyed it!

 

That makes it easy for speed shifting, hahahahahaha. What is really cool is a friend of mine drove big rigs for years, let him drive my truck and he was shifting it slick as a button without the clutch. Never scratched a gear.

 

My dad can do the same thing! so now ive been doing that haha, isn't that bad for the syncros?

 

I've adjusted mine but it is tricky to get it in the right spot. Here's two links that'll help

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/208392-clutch-pedal-adjustment-question.html

http://www.yotatech.com/f2/clutch-adjustment-67569/

basically theres a rod behind the clutch pedal that has a nut on it and when you loosen the nut, you can spin the rod with you're fingers which adjusts it.

 

Don't know if it's the same for 01-04 but my clutch engage at mid point. I was just thinking about this yesterday when I switched to a linear clutch spring that these newer trucks have a shorter pedal travel than what I remember from a 1990 that we used to have which had a long pedal travel and engages at the higher point.

 

I looked at that yesterday but it dont show for a 2000 tacoma. Thanks tho

 

Finally found the specs for my truck

SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS


– CLUTCH

SS–43

2000 TOYOTA TACOMA (RM712U)

CLUTCH

SERVICE DATA

Pedal height from floor panel 170.0–180.0 mm (6.692–7.086 in.)

Pedal height from asphalt sheet 167.0–177.0 mm (6.574–6.986 in.)

Pedal freeplay 5.0–15.0 mm (0.197–0.591 in.)

Push rod play at pedal top 1.0–5.0 mm (0.039–0.197 in.)

Clutch release point from pedal full stroke end position 25 mm (0.98 in.) or more

Clutch start switch ON–OFF Stroke 8

±0.5 mm (0.31±0.020 in.)

Slotted spring pin protrusion 1.5–3.5 mm (0.059–0.138 in.)

Disc rivet head depth Min. 0.3 mm (0.012 in.)

Disc runout Max. 0.8 mm (0.031 in.)

Flywheel runout Max. 0.1 mm (0.004 in.)

Diaphragm spring finger wear Max. depth 0.6 mm (0.024 in.)

Diaphragm spring finger wear Max. width 5.0 mm (0.197 in.)

Diaphragm spring tip non–alignment Max. 0.5 mm (0.020 in.)

 

I would have adjusted it when i first got my taco, but now that im used to it theres no point haha

 

Thats the odd thing is now after three days of driving like this I all ready like not having to put the clutch in vary far to change gear lol After all this I think I am just going to keep it right where it is lol why do I do this to myself Thanks for all the help everyone

 

You can adjust it. see attached doc for how to and specs

 

Thanks for the file thats a vary detailed set of instructions that I was looking for.
Steve