AdamMeh

I have my AIM here, but I'm not seeing the spot on my firewall for the return spring off of the Zbar. Maybe it's broken off or something?

Also, it looks like a spring should run from the clutch fork to the Zbar as well? Actually, looks like two springs hooked together in the AIM?

Some bubba had a spring off of the clutch fork - going to a bent up hanger - then to the DS motor mount.

Could someone post up pics of the way their spring(s) are run please? Not worried about under the car (clutch fork), that's easy enough. Just the spots where it should hook to in front of the firewall and on the Zbar.

Thank you!
Adam

AdamMeh

ttt

Anyone have photos of this they could share?

Thank you!

fanmanbd

Best pic I could find. Hope it helps.

AdamMeh

Thank you fanmanbd. I can see where the spring goes to the firewall. For some reason I can't find a place to hook it there. Is it a loop on the firewall etc? From the AIM drawings it looks like something that would be molded as part of the firewall.

The spring(s) that come from your shifter fork - do they go to the Zbar as well? Also, are there one or two springs on that?

Thanks again for your help,
Adam

fanmanbd

There's 2 springs for the rod and clutch fork but only 1 from the bar to the fire wall. Not sure but the clip may be tacked on to the fire wall.

mikep3

Is this what you need? Picture from Corvette America on line catalog.

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fanmanbd

Here's a pic of the 2 rod springs.

AdamMeh

Perfect... that's exactly what I needed to see guys! Thank you.

fanman - man that looks nice. Hoping mine turns out that clean

Thanks again guys,
Adam

blueray72

On My 72 the spring is attached to the steering column firewall plate. There's a small hole at the bottom of the plate.

AdamMeh

Got it! I see the hole you are talking about. Thank you for that info

They really had this cobbled up The bent up hanger trick was really something



And, there was no spring from the Zbar to the firewall (steering column plate).

GD70

There's 3 springs. The pushrod return spring, and two anti-rattle springs on the fork push rod.
Edit, just saw the catalog pic and your pic.

Glenn

69 Chevy

Darned if I can see a spring.

GD70

You can't. I thought I deleted the pic before it posted. My bad.

mikep3

69 Chevy, I think there are three springs, two on the rod in your picture that are anti-rattle springs. They connect to a hole on the back side of the rod to each end. A third spring is located up by the clutch rod coming throught the firewall, it pulls the Z bar back to the firewall.

fanmanbd

sarcasm

Dustup7T2

No worries, Glenn. I got you covered, below.

Thanks Mikep3. The anti-rattle springs were shown previously and here's the individual pieces for firewall spring, starting with the lower steering column mount hole I'm pointing at:




Then the spring itself:





Hook one end of this spring to middle hole in upper z-bar then opposite end of spring hooks to hole in lower column mount. (nut-end shown is frame side)



I had these pieces handy and thought I could shed some light. Hope that helps.

AdamMeh

There is so much good info and knowledge on this forum. Amazing.

Thank you very much for all your help with this, and also for taking time to post up the photos.

Awesome stuff.

Adam

spedaleden

Hope this helps, pic of 81

AdamMeh

Yep, that's the hole I found after seeing blueray72's post. Without someone pointing it out, it's so small that it would be hard to know that's what it's meant for.

Thanks spedaleden!

Trans is all rebuilt now (as of yesterday) so we're getting close!

Adam

MyRed69

Here's a bunch of pics of the assembly out of the car.

http://islandtimeinvestor.com/iti/vette/brake/index.htm