Clutch Fork Questions
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11/12/13 12:30 PM
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I'm having some issues with my clutch fork. My understanding is that the fork should fit in between the two flats on the throw out bearing and the wire clips should retain it, as cheesy as this is.
The tab in the fork should point towards the center of the car and the tab should slide through the hole in the bracket on the bellhousing, as cheesy as this is.
Is this all correct? I'm having alot of trouble keeping the wire clips on the fork with the tranny in the car on my Lakewood bellhousing.
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: Clutch Fork Questions
[Re: DAYCLONA]
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11/12/13 02:43 PM
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Hey Dayclona, Z bar not attached yet (wish I was that far along). This just the clutch fork with the throw out bearing clipped on. When you get the tranny input shaft through the throw out bearing it keeps popping out of the fork. I tried using the stock pivot bracket as well as the B body bracket that came with the lakewood. I tried the A body bracket too but that puts it too far forward. I'm thinking I need to slot the holes in the bracket supplied by lakewood for the b body to move the pivot point slightly more towards the input shaft.
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Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: Clutch Fork Questions
[Re: Stanton]
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11/12/13 06:12 PM
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Hey Stanton, the spacer idea makes sense to me, but shouldn't Lakewood have accounted for this? I know its an aftermarket peice and nothing ever fits right, but they're designed to run with the blocksaver plate. Shouldn't the bellhousing technically be 1/8 of an inch shallower so that the splines engage the clutch disc completely still and the undercut fits the same distance into the back of the crank?
It looks like a typical B body fork to me Ill take a pic when I get home. But weather or not a different fork might work is kind of what I'm wondering.
By the way the wire clips on my throw out bearing are shaped funny/crappy which doesn't help.
Last edited by GTX MATT; 11/12/13 06:13 PM.
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: Clutch Fork Questions
[Re: Stanton]
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11/13/13 01:39 AM
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To my knowledge they made 2 different forks, The difference is in overall length, the distance from the pivot point to the throw out bearing should be the same. Do you have the pivot bracket oriented correctly to position the fork closest to the center? There could be a problem also with the throw out bearing, did you try it on the bearing retainer shaft?
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Re: Clutch Fork Questions
[Re: rowin4]
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11/13/13 08:04 AM
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therocks
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My 65 I ran no block plate.Worked perfect.Then I installed the plate.Still works like it should.I run the factory pivot.IIRC there are 2 mounting points in the Lakewood bell.The TB will not function right if the trans isnt holding it in place.You dont have a hemi TB on a 23 spline tranny do you?Rocky
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Re: Clutch Fork Questions
[Re: GTX MATT]
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11/13/13 03:31 PM
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therocks
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I used the one that was in the location of my stock bell.I believe it was the outer one.Its been years since I installed it.I also used my stock plate in the Lakewood.Its easy to pop the to bearing off the fork if everything isnt hooked up.I had to get my kid with his skinny arm to put mine back on when we installed the tranny.Its been on for at least 10 years now.Rocky
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