# has any one installed a spec stage 3 clutch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [October 7, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262 "2005-10-07T17:39:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evan\_Mcclleland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@Evan\_Mcclleland](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evan_Mcclleland)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/1 "2005-10-07T17:39:02Z")
i installed mine, and i was expecting the pedal to feel firmer than the stock clutch, but instead its way softer? is this how its supposed to be? ---
**Author:** ![RS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RS13)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/2 "2005-10-07T18:26:31Z")
Air in the system??? ---
**Author:** ![silvia\_sr20det\_s13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@silvia\_sr20det\_s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvia_sr20det_s13)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/3 "2005-10-08T01:27:20Z")
> [@Evan Mcclleland](#): > > i installed mine, and i was expecting the pedal to feel firmer than the stock clutch, but instead its way softer? is this how its supposed to be? try a vacume bleeder that might work! ---
**Author:** ![phat240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@phat240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/phat240)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/4 "2005-10-08T10:57:21Z")
spec stage 3 sux ohh i know ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@Jason\_Lange](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jason_Lange)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/5 "2005-10-09T11:07:53Z")
Bleed the line. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Mcclleland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@Evan\_Mcclleland](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evan_Mcclleland)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/6 "2005-10-10T20:30:55Z")
damn it, i went to school for 2 years for this shit! i bleed the damn line, i bleed the line and got all the air out long before i ever touched the pedal…, but the pedal does not feel “Spongy”, that would be air in the line, is just easy to push in… i was expecting the diaphram to have more resistance than the stock diaphram… and why does spec stage 3 suck? did you have lots of problems with yours? ---
**Author:** ![projectsilvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@projectsilvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/projectsilvia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/7 "2005-10-11T13:19:53Z")
my spec stage 2 sucks…but its still a noticebly stiffer pedal. never felt a stage 3 but if mine stiffer…your should be too. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Mcclleland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@Evan\_Mcclleland](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evan_Mcclleland)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/8 "2005-10-13T20:06:25Z")
i have about 250 kms on clutch now, and it feels like shit. i havent givener too hard yet, but it just feels soft, like chirping the tires into second isnt going to happen. if this is the case, im going to be pissed, and try and get my money back ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@Jason\_Lange](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jason_Lange)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/9 "2005-10-13T22:20:15Z")
> [@Evan Mcclleland](#): > > damn it, i went to school for 2 years for this shit! i bleed the damn line, i bleed the line and got all the air out long before i ever touched the pedal…, but the pedal does not feel “Spongy”, that would be air in the line, is just easy to push in… i was expecting the diaphram to have more resistance than the stock diaphram… and why does spec stage 3 suck? did you have lots of problems with yours? So how did you bleed it without touching the pedal?? ---
**Author:** ![Z3NK1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e480ec/32.png) [@Z3NK1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z3NK1)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/10 "2005-10-14T06:36:37Z")
I’m installing a stage 3 pretty soon, read both good and bad about it, but it seems a lot of people on all sorts of 240sx/silvia forums swear by them and have had no problems. Guess it’s luck of the draw? ---
**Author:** ![RS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RS13)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/11 "2005-10-14T14:04:24Z")
Hmmm I love my RPS clutch that Marvin got for me. Also better feel than Jamie’s Spec 3. and good for simmilar power. the only down side is a heavy pedal. Good easy to find friction point but it hold power fine. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Mcclleland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@Evan\_Mcclleland](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evan_Mcclleland)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/12 "2005-10-14T14:30:55Z")
jason shut up you know what i ment… i now have some mean clutch chatter every time i shift… the clutch disc is a 6 puck, so i dont know if this is a normal quality for a design like that ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@Jason\_Lange](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jason_Lange)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/13 "2005-10-17T14:40:21Z")
Have you been breaking it in nicely? Did you have your flywheel macined? How many km’s have you put on it?? ---
**Author:** ![jdms13rhd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jdms13rhd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdms13rhd)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-any-one-installed-a-spec-stage-3-clutch/140262/14 "2005-10-17T21:22:40Z")
HAHAHA. Hey Evan where is the give in your pedal, top or bottom? You have to adjust your pedal a TON with SPEC clutches! If the give is at the bottom you wont be disengaging the clutch properly making the peddle feeling mushy and if the peddle is too tight the release barring will be pushed up along the diagram and that will make weird noises when you shift and also wear out the barring and possibly the clutch disc. On my SPEC stage 2 clutch I had to adjust the pedal all the way out. To adjust the pedal there is a rod that comes out of your Master CYL and it’s threaded into your pedal bracket and has a 12mm nut on it. Crack the nut and you could be able to squeeze your hand up there and just barely turn the rod. I adjust my pedal so that when I push on the pedal I have pretty much no give until the pedal is disengaging the clutch. You will be able to tell. Its not rocket science. Hope that helps, if it doesn’t I have no clue???