X90 "clutch position switch" Questions

[fixkick]

It's not getting easier.
Tried moving the release lever on the splines and got lots of thread showing through, possibly too much. Clutch did not disengage so I moved it back to the original marks. Very little slack at lever, guesstimate at 1mm and brake pedal free travel down to about 1/2". Started the car with 4 wheels in the air and the clutch is dragging? 
Brake off, clutch in,= wheels spin.
Brake on, clutch in= wheels stop and motor doesn't notice but going into reverse a bit reluctant. So clutch has a little drag.
Tried to get a bit more clutch pedal travel and can only gain a very little before the pedal stop bracket contacts the metal bracing. As the bracket was smashed down before this wasn't an issue. Was that why it was smashed?
Not going to do anything until the new cable comes but i am getting the 1" or so travel at the lever end (#18) with this one so it is pointing to a bigger issue.

the pedal, moves 6 inches.
the bottom lever at the end moves 1 inch,  a 6:1 mech, lever ratio !
But this matters most, here:
the bottom  lever movies 1" full inch the clutch fully disengages,  or the Clutch actual is bad (or throw out bearing is a wreck)

that is also called clutch drag, that effect seen brank on and brake off.

the 1 inch rule is told on my clutch page.  as is the manual for the 1mm free play at the bottom lever.
my comments are for when free play is set right, and is near impossible to do if the cable is bad deep inside, and fails worse we know under tension.
the ACID test is zero free play (I mean exactly that, zero, not under tension at all , zero free play)<< if the 1 inch RULE fails (means clutch dags) the clutch actual is bad, PP,TOB,DISK. set.





there REASON i made up the 1" rule was exactly that, to priove clutch actual is bad or now, a binary hard logical fact.  good/bad.
and rule #2 is never ever replace any actual clutch until a new cable is tried.

after all cable is 1 hour labor and clutch is 10 times more.  and a $20 cure, not $500+ parts, (shop labor +parts)


try a new cable,  first, always.  like I said the insides wear out and it jams under tension and makes free play impossible to set. (causing huge confusion to anyone)