Clutch forks… difference between 6 cylinder to V8?

[Gas Pig]

Putting a ‘66 V8 truck together and my might have mistakenly grabbed a 6 cylinder (bale spring style) instead of a V8 (bale spring style) clutch fork. Is there a length difference between the two? I know the Z bar clutch linkage is definitely different just not sure about the fork itself.

Thanks Jeff

 

[DirtDonk]

Do they look the same? The only six-cylinder forks I remember were a cast piece, rather than stamped steel.
Maybe that was just for the early version V-eight, but I thought I saw them on the six cylinders also.

Are you having trouble installing it? Or just thinking ahead at this point?

 

[Gas Pig]

Do they look the same? The only six-cylinder forks I remember were a cast piece, rather than stamped steel.
Maybe that was just for the early version V-eight, but I thought I saw them on the six cylinders also.

Are you having trouble installing it? Or just thinking ahead at this point?

Yes on install it seem to fight us more then usual. After finally putting it together it just seems to short/inboard. We compared a V8 and 6 cylinder Z linkage to the fork and the 6 cyl version lines up with it dead on while the V8 linkage would be at angle.

Here is a pictures of what we have… it doesn’t look to be sticking out far enough. In the other picture is a ‘67 V8 with the same style bale wire style clutch fork. Though they look very close in appearance there are very slight differences. I think we mistakenly use the wrong shift fork. So it has to come apart… at least it won’t be that hard to do!