Z-bar or Bellcrank?
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From: Charles Town WV
Z-bar or Bellcrank?
This may purely be an issue of semantics.
I have always referred to the clutch bellcrank or z-bar referred to as a bellcrank.
Which is it? Is it a Bellcrank or a Z-bar? All early literature I have for various chevy's points to Bellcrank.
I have always referred to the clutch bellcrank or z-bar referred to as a bellcrank.
Which is it? Is it a Bellcrank or a Z-bar? All early literature I have for various chevy's points to Bellcrank.
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Re: Z-bar or Bellcrank? (Steve Straus)
Never heard of the word bell crank. I have called the bar for the clutch linkage a z-bar. That is also how Car Craft refers to this part. I just did a resto job on my to solve a tranny problem.
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Re: Z-bar or Bellcrank? (Steve Straus)
I think it's a matter of age. If you started fooling with cars in the '50's, it's a bellcrank. I never heard the term Z-bar until I joined the forum last year.
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Re: Z-bar or Bellcrank? (JSB69)
I think it's a matter of age. If you started fooling with cars in the '50's, it's a bellcrank. I never heard the term Z-bar until I joined the forum last year.
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Re: Z-bar or Bellcrank? (ddecart)
I've never heard of the term 'z-bar' until about 2 minutes ago. :D And I went to engineering school and everything! TWICE!
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Re: Z-bar or Bellcrank? (MassVette)
Clutch cross shaft is the proper nomenclature, I believe.
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From: Charles Town WV
Re: Z-bar or Bellcrank? (Steve Straus)
Ok, I learned how to work on cars from old timers (all who have now passed on, with the exception of my dad :(). I tend to use 40's and 50's terminology when working with cars. Guess this explains it.
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Re: Z-bar or Bellcrank? (Steve Straus)
Bell crank is an aviation term. I can tell you from experience that their is a poopieload of them on a DC-8.
Before you install your z-bar or bell crank, take it down to a welder and have him weld a couple of gussets in the corners. It's mucho stronger & it looks racy too :D
Before you install your z-bar or bell crank, take it down to a welder and have him weld a couple of gussets in the corners. It's mucho stronger & it looks racy too :D
