XR5 Clutch Question

[Skid Marx]

I've had my LV series XR5 since late May this year. It's great but one thing about it still bugs me.

That clutch. I'm hoping that mine is simply not adjusted correctly and that Ford can tweak it when I take it in for it's 3000k 'service' (read "quick inspection"). The problem is that the 2 stage spring action goes from very light to very sudden right at the take-up point. Now, if you're letting the clutch out slowly you can control it and when you're moving and you can let it out much quicker if you match your revs, it's OK.

The problem is when you're in stop/start traffic and you just want to gently nudge yourself along. My clutch is very hard to control at this point and I've acted like a bikini model and stalled it a couple of times. I look silly in a bikini so I'm hoping someone here can tell me if the 'over-centre helper spring' (or whatever they use in this) can be adjusted. Is the XR5 clutch hydraulic or cable or some servo/assisted device?

Surprisingly, it seems a bit better when it's stone cold but that may simply be because the idle revs are higher and so the 'bite' is smoothed out anyway.

Any advice will be rewarded by NOT receiving pictures of this middle-aged man in a bikini.