hi john - u're absolutely right, matigas nga clutch ng monty m/t natin, pero manageable pa naman, unlike sa crv gen1 ko before.. anyway, the improvement doesn't lie on the spring.. later on i am planning to apply the same principle we've done w/ the crv before -- principle of hydraulic force, which is to INCREASE the inner diameter of the slave cylinder in order to lessen the input force (lighter foot press) from the master cylinder required to produce a higher resultant force.
the challenge for montero is i dont have any idea yet what's the stock inner diameter of the slave cylinder, in order to find a matching bigger slave piston to match the re-bored cylinder as well as the thickness of the cylinder if its still suitable for re-bore/machining.
sa case ng crv ko before, we replaced the stock piston (.75in diameter) using a toyota corona (~.88in diameter) .. resulta = effortless clutch pedal.
illustrating the hydraulic operation principle why increasing the diameter of the operating/slave cylinder helps lighten the input force to the the clutch pedal:
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***DIY credits to a former fellow HCP members "RPMillmaker and ACS117"***