Vehicle clutch cable self-adjusting mechanism

A self-adjusting mechanism for a vehicle including a clutch cable including a conduit with a strand slidably mounted therethrough, a clutch including a clutch disc subject to wear, said strand being connected to said clutch for effecting the engagement and disengagement of said clutch disc, and a clutch pedal, the mechanism including a housing having a two-diameter axial passageway formed therethrough with an interconnecting frusto-conical section, a sleeve member slidably mounted in the smaller diameter passageway and extending beyond the opposite ends thereof, an adjustment member including a body slidably mounted in the larger diameter passageway, four spaced-apart legs extending from the body into the frusto-conical section, a resilient compression ring mounted around the four legs, a chamfered end formed on the sleeve member, the conduit extending through the larger diameter passageway and the frusto-conical section and into the sleeve member, with the end of the conduit being slidably mounted within the sleeve member, and said strand extending beyond the end of said sleeve member, the improvement comprising a fixed cylindrical sleeve, said housing having an end portion secured in said fixed cylindrical sleeve, said sleeve member extending a predetermined distance beyond the end of said fixed cylindrical sleeve when said clutch pedal is depressed, an actuator secured between said extended strand and said clutch pedal for urging said sleeve member through said predetermined distance to cause said sleeve member to abut against the edge of said fixed cylindrical sleeve when said clutch pedal is released to thereby move said chamfered end into said four spaced-apart legs against the force of said compression ring to reposition said legs on said conduit upon release of said sleeve member to compensate for any clutch disc wear.