Speedracer800
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- Jun 27, 2014
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Hoping someone here can help me.. 351W with 3-speed trans and 1" body lift.
Noticed the shifter having a tough time engaging any gear from neutral and grinding while going into reverse. I crawled under and noticed that the push rod leading to the fork that engages the throwout bearing was backed way off and not allowing the clutch to engage when depressing the pedal.
Not a difficult fix I thought, but after looking here at topics related to this I saw something about a return spring that attaches from the fork to the frame to help pull the fork back to disengage the clutch. My Bronco has no spring like that..so now I'm panicking! So I ordered the spring from Graveyard and it came today but it seems way to long. I would have to adjust the rod to nearly the longest position possible without it coming right off the ends of the threads in order to get enough length in it to even attach the spring.
Plus I have no play in the pedal. There is a little "slop" right up at the top but not the 1-1.5" of "play" that seems to be spec before feeling the the throwout bearing being engaged. I adjusted the rubber eccentric bushing that the pedal rests on and the pedal never touches it, unless I pull up on the pedal. It's as if it needs some type of spring to bring the pedal back all the way to the top position.
I hope some of this rambling is making sense?? It looks like the previous owner lengthened some linkage to account for the body lift.. ? Could that be the issue?? I am just worried about adjusting this thing so I don't have the fork constantly putting pressure on the throwout bearing wearing the clutch.
I attached a couple pictures.. not sure if they will help or not. :?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe there is an entire adjustment process that I am missing??
Noticed the shifter having a tough time engaging any gear from neutral and grinding while going into reverse. I crawled under and noticed that the push rod leading to the fork that engages the throwout bearing was backed way off and not allowing the clutch to engage when depressing the pedal.
Not a difficult fix I thought, but after looking here at topics related to this I saw something about a return spring that attaches from the fork to the frame to help pull the fork back to disengage the clutch. My Bronco has no spring like that..so now I'm panicking! So I ordered the spring from Graveyard and it came today but it seems way to long. I would have to adjust the rod to nearly the longest position possible without it coming right off the ends of the threads in order to get enough length in it to even attach the spring.
Plus I have no play in the pedal. There is a little "slop" right up at the top but not the 1-1.5" of "play" that seems to be spec before feeling the the throwout bearing being engaged. I adjusted the rubber eccentric bushing that the pedal rests on and the pedal never touches it, unless I pull up on the pedal. It's as if it needs some type of spring to bring the pedal back all the way to the top position.
I hope some of this rambling is making sense?? It looks like the previous owner lengthened some linkage to account for the body lift.. ? Could that be the issue?? I am just worried about adjusting this thing so I don't have the fork constantly putting pressure on the throwout bearing wearing the clutch.
I attached a couple pictures.. not sure if they will help or not. :?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe there is an entire adjustment process that I am missing??