Clutch fork adjustable pivot ball
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From: Manhattan Beach Ca
Clutch fork adjustable pivot ball
The good news is my new 383 started right up and is running great.
The bad news is it took three tranny pulls to get the pivot ball adjusted, and at 5 hours per swap I spent three extra days just playing with the pivot stud. I dont understand why I had so much trouble. The previous GM stud was 1.375 (short one) and my new flywheel was 0.200 inches thinner than the previous GM flywheel. So I thought I would just extend the new adjustable ball I bought by 0.200 from original 1.375. But when I finished at 1.575 I noticed it seemed like there wasnt enough fork play so I pulled the tranny to back the ball off.
After realizing I had gone the wrong way (too short) I went back to longer and finished at 1.675. What a pain. The new Hayes clutch said nothing about dimensions to block face so I was on my own.
Just wondering if it's a Vette linkage thing that makes it sensitive to the ball stud adjustment? I used the short 1.25 throwout bearing, maybe that had something to do with it also, but previous was a 1.25 too.
The bad news is it took three tranny pulls to get the pivot ball adjusted, and at 5 hours per swap I spent three extra days just playing with the pivot stud. I dont understand why I had so much trouble. The previous GM stud was 1.375 (short one) and my new flywheel was 0.200 inches thinner than the previous GM flywheel. So I thought I would just extend the new adjustable ball I bought by 0.200 from original 1.375. But when I finished at 1.575 I noticed it seemed like there wasnt enough fork play so I pulled the tranny to back the ball off.
After realizing I had gone the wrong way (too short) I went back to longer and finished at 1.675. What a pain. The new Hayes clutch said nothing about dimensions to block face so I was on my own.
Just wondering if it's a Vette linkage thing that makes it sensitive to the ball stud adjustment? I used the short 1.25 throwout bearing, maybe that had something to do with it also, but previous was a 1.25 too.
