I Have a 71 340 4 speed Demon, stock block, engine mounts, bell housing, and transmission. It was a running driving car when I bought it but the clutch was getting tired. Not many miles on it, under 1,000, probably far less but previous owner drove the wheels off of it so a worn clutch is no surprise. So I decided to change out the clutch this week, same style McCloud clutch, all new stuff.

When I disassembled the old stuff I noticed that the adjuster rod nut was only a few threads away from the un-threaded part of the rod. When I installed all of the new parts I had the same issue, only a few threads showing between the smooth end of the rod and the nut before the TO bearing started making contact with the fingers.

There has to be a simple fix to this? Maybe a B-body adjuster rod? A different Z-bar?

The previous owner said he had to modify the Z-bar for clearance per TTI's instructions but he doesn't recall exactly what was modified.

Any help appreciated

Here are some visuals, the clutch adjustment rod nut is up against the fork eye but without any pressure on it yet.

Scott, i'm using the stock fork in a scattershield. The nut on mine is near the end of the threaded part of the rod. I had to shorten the arm on the bellcrank that the adjustment rod attaches to with the TTI's. I have a mccloud borg and beck pressure plate. My adjuster rod appears to be different (shorter).

I just went and looked at it. It looks like I shortened the adjusting rod. I cut the rod and put both ends inside of a piece of tubing and welded it back together after I got it the right length.

I think a B-body adjustment rod will do the job. Odd that TTi doesn't mention the adjuster in thier instructions but they do cover the Z-bar mods, appears that one of the Z-bar arms was cut off, re-clocked, and welded back on leaving the rod length required different from stock.

mine is angled on the front as well. I didn't clock the arm differently, just shortened it. Just putting the 4 speed back in the car, Had a 904 behind this engine. Looks like It should work