Hard to press clutch.

[Dinokill3.7]

My 2017 GT has a hard to press clutch since day one. I didn’t really mind at that time.

I have been having knee issues since last month. I had surgery on my left knee about 14 years ago and all of the sudden I have been dealing with some pain again.

I struggle with my clutch if I’m having knee pain.

My stuck clutch was replaced with an Exedy 500 stage 1 and pedal feels the same.

Does the clutch springs that everybody talks about make the pedal harder or softer? I keep hearing conflicting reports on the matter.

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[MrMike]

Removing the spring or putting in an aftermarket spring will make the pedal heavier.

 

[Eyesac]

I feel your pain! The Steeda clutch spring makes it harder not easier. Did you buy it used? As in, is there a possibility that someone has swapped the spring already for a Steeda? (If you could go back to the original spring and get some lighter effort that would be great)

I'll also say that a lot of twin disc clutches have reduced effort over single plate...

 

[Dinokill3.7]

I feel your pain! The Steeda clutch spring makes it harder not easier. Did you buy it used? As in, is there a possibility that someone has swapped the spring already for a Steeda? (If you could go back to the original spring and get some lighter effort that would be great)

I'll also say that a lot of twin disc clutches have reduced effort over single plate...

Yes. I did buy my car used in 2021.

That might be a possibility that I haven’t thought about it.

 

[Eyesac]

Yes. I did buy my car used in 2021.

That might be a possibility that I haven’t thought about it.

If you compare pics of the factory vs aftermarket they look quite different. The factory has thicker and more coils I believe, the aftermarket looks really weak compared to factory.

 

[Eyesac]

Also, I've been dreading the day that my knee tells me I have to buy an auto. Even drove a buddy's A10 just to see if I could stand driving it... It wasn't the end of the world

 

[Eyesac]

Here we go, stock on the right, big beefy spring...

 

[Dinokill3.7]

Here we go, stock on the right, big beefy spring...

I definitely have the one the left! Thanks

 

[joe603]

Do the Steeda and be done with it. It was my first mod to my 21 GT and never had a problem with it. Makes the engagement more predictable.

 

[526 HRSE]

That sucks. Luckily it's my skinny pedal knee with the torn MCL.

 

[tj@steeda]

Do the Steeda and be done with it. It was my first mod to my 21 GT and never had a problem with it. Makes the engagement more predictable.

Big things come in small packages

https://www.steeda.com/steeda-555-7022-s550-clutch-spring

 

[Ballistica]

I definitely have the one the left! Thanks

If you’d like to try the stock spring, I’ll send you mine free of charge. I switched to the Steeda and the Oem one has been sitting in a box. You’d just have to pay for shipping.

 

[Dinokill3.7]

I took a look again and the one I have is the stock one

 

[John S]

Limber up if you're an old timer, access under the dash is a challenge when making this swap.

 

[Torched10]

That's why I sold my 14 shelby.it was killing me even after I got out of car.went with 2019gt at.i think its actually faster at low end than shelby.good luck

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