Hi Rebecca.

That's not a cable, its a pipe for the hydraulic fluid that is shared
between the hydraulic clutch actuator and the braking system.

The clutch is not adjustable.

The slave cylinder may benefit from bleeding if the symptoms include an
ability to pump the clutch and have it release more completely, but
otherwise you may be ready for a new clutch.

What are your symptoms?

Jake

On 2/19/07, Rebecca Lowry <xachaniwa@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>   Here is a picture, not ours, of the slave cylinder.  Is this kind
> adjustable?
>   http://volksweb.relitech.com/tech/clutch/slavecyl.jpg
>
>   Where the gray cable does the s curve down to the left in the picture is
> where the nut is.
>   Is that what we adjust?
>
>   thanks,
>   Wayne
>
> Rebecca Lowry <xachaniwa@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>   Hi,
>
> We have 83.5 vanagon. How do we adjust the clutch? I've adjusted the
> clutch on a 76 bus before. But our vanagon has no wingnut down there.
>
> there is a nut where I think it should be, but I'm hesitent to go playing
> with things.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> Wayne
>
>
>
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