Master/slave cylinder sizes _is_ something that is adjustable, you select the appropriate matching set not just any old thing. You can also change the stroke at either end by altering pivots, adjust pushrod lengths and so on, exactly as you would when matching levers at either end of a cable. Sure its valid if you can't be bothered mucking around with it but telling everyone else its impossible to get good feel through a hydraulic clutch because you've seen some bad examples isn't.immortality wrote:How do you adjust a hydraulic clutch? not really a lot of adjustment, master?slave cylinder sizes is not something that is adjustable. The factory hydraulic clutches I have used have not felt nice, lack of feedback, you really don't feel the point the clutch engages etc I'm really not interested in stuffing around with different MC sizes etc to improve it.VK_3800 wrote:There's nothing wrong with the feel of a hydraulic clutch release if set up correctly. Its still a mechanical linkage and has just as much feel as a cable; if you set up a cable with the wrong lever ratios then it will feel wrong (or not have any feel at all) in exactly the same way. Just because so many people set them up wrong doesn't mean you have to if you want to use one!
Sadly with most factory offerings (especially more modern ones) the objective seems to be to reduce effort and feel to the point there is nothing there - which is what you're describing but for our purposes this is set up wrong. Like I said, you don't have to do that just because someone else does. Its very simple to set it up so you can feel just as much if not more than a cable operated release (brake fluid compresses less than a cable stretches). You don't have any problem with feel in your brake pedal with properly set up brakes, why would the clutch be any different? On top of that if you go to a decent slave in the form of a hydraulic thrust bearing and eliminate the need for a fork, the result is better control and feel than any fork operated release.
You may not like the bulk of a master cylinder in the engine bay, it may cost more than you're willing to spend if you already have a workable cable release (fair enough expense is a big factor), there are of course reasons not to go hydraulic. Lack of feel is not one of them.
