An adjuster mechanism comprising: an adjuster housing having a barrel extending from a housing front portion, the barrel including an inner barrel cavity and a radial housing lip; an adjustment gear situated at least partially inside the adjuster housing, the adjustment gear having a cylindrical gear body, a gear rear wall, a gear front wall, and a plurality of gear teeth; a ball stud positioned at least partially within the barrel, and that includes a ball stud main body portion having a plurality of stud teeth encircling the ball stud main body portion at a ball stud first end, and a threaded portion longitudinally extending from the ball stud main body portion and being threadingly engaged with the housing lip to retract and extend the ball stud relative to the housing lip during rotation of the ball stud; a plurality of splines extending longitudinally along an inner surface of the adjustment gear, configured to engage the plurality of stud teeth to provide rotation of the ball stud via rotation of the adjustment gear and a clutch tab (138,148) that acts as a small flat spring flexing in the radial direction and that is formed in at least one end of the gear body, wherein the clutch tab (138,148) is recessed inward relative to a gear body outer surface and extends from a recessed side wall (147,160) to form a side hinge (150,164), wherein the clutch tab (138,148) includes a longitudinal stop wall (140,157) situated on a bent portion of the clutch tab (138,148), and the side wall (147,160) is angled relative to the stop wall (140,157), and wherein the bent portion is angled inward and away from the gear body outer surface such that the stop wall (140,157) is engageable with the stud teeth when rotating the gear body in a first direction or second direction and disengageable from the stud teeth when rotating the gear body in the other of the first direction or second direction. an adjuster housing having a barrel extending from a housing front portion, the barrel including an inner barrel cavity and a radial housing lip; an adjustment gear situated at least partially inside the adjuster housing, the adjustment gear having a cylindrical gear body, a gear rear wall, a gear front wall, and a plurality of gear teeth; a ball stud positioned at least partially within the barrel, and that includes a ball stud main body portion having a plurality of stud teeth encircling the ball stud main body portion at a ball stud first end, and a threaded portion longitudinally extending from the ball stud main body portion and being threadingly engaged with the housing lip to retract and extend the ball stud relative to the housing lip during rotation of the ball stud; a plurality of splines extending longitudinally along an inner surface of the adjustment gear, configured to engage the plurality of stud teeth to provide rotation of the ball stud via rotation of the adjustment gear and a clutch tab (138,148) that acts as a small flat spring flexing in the radial direction and that is formed in at least one end of the gear body, wherein the clutch tab (138,148) is recessed inward relative to a gear body outer surface and extends from a recessed side wall (147,160) to form a side hinge (150,164), wherein the clutch tab (138,148) includes a longitudinal stop wall (140,157) situated on a bent portion of the clutch tab (138,148), and the side wall (147,160) is angled relative to the stop wall (140,157), and wherein the bent portion is angled inward and away from the gear body outer surface such that the stop wall (140,157) is engageable with the stud teeth when rotating the gear body in a first direction or second direction and disengageable from the stud teeth when rotating the gear body in the other of the first direction or second direction.