Clutch replacement questions

[adsach]

Having recently replaced the clutch on my 02 Boxster S, I have 2 questions.

1.

How the heck are you supposed to disconnect the linkage cables from the 6 speed transmission?

2.

I replaced the clutch disk, throwout bearing and pressure plate with Porsche branded parts ordered from Sunset Imports. I also replaced the bleed screw with a speed bleeder. 15 months ago, I had replaced the brake fluid with ATE Super Blue and bled the brakes but had not bled the clutch because I couldn't find the bleed screw.

The original clutch always felt like a 'monster'. Everyone who drove it was surprised at the pedal effort, yet the dealers never noted it as unusual. The new clutch goes in an out with about the same spring tension as the throttle. It grabs solidly (easy to chirp tires on the 1-2 upshift), but it feels wimpy like my old Nissan Sentra clutch pedal.

Is the any reason why my new clutch should take less than half the pressure to operate than the original factory clutch?

General comment - Porsche designed some things (removing the rear bumper and bumper cover, replacing the oil filter) to be intuitive and easy. In other places (muffler mounts), they just seem to have attached things stupidly. In still others(1 out of 9 bell housing bolts has a triple square head, Flywheel uses monstrous TORX bolts), they just seem to use fasteners designed to frustrate the DIY mechanic.

Ad Sach

[PTEC]

With a brand new pressure plate and throw out bearing and (hopefully) lubed input shaft the effort is going to be less. The spring gets worn out on the old plate and the effort goes up. Also as the disc gets thinner it makes the pedal harder because it changes the angles at which every thing works so it takes more pedal effort.

I say its perfectly normal.

[adsach]

I am still curious:

1.

How the heck are you supposed to disconnect the shift linkage cables from the 6 speed transmission?

[Loren]

[adsach]

The clips at A & B came off as expected - my problems is the fittings with the BIG arrows would not pop off. I ended up stretching and tearing the rubber bushings to get them off.