Hello darkness my old friend.. if it’s not one thing it’s another. Decided to do a clutch overhaul of my 1953 3speed (215) and found this.. what am I missing? I was getting a extreme amount of chatter, shudder whatever you want to call it. I found the pivot on the clutch for to be looser than my high school sweetheart. I tried to research before reaching out here and found nothing. We’ll apparently I can figure out how and if I post a video here so here’s some screenshots.
Apparently by the illustration Ford doesn’t use a pivot ball but a pin thru the fork. In your photo there looks like a bent wire sticking thru the hole where the end of a pivot pin should be. The illustration doesn’t show what should be a part inside the bell housing. You may need to remove the trans to install the correct parts. This may ot may not fix the shudder but should remove any noise!
I was able to figure out that the wire the holds the fork at its pivot point was broke. I was able to pick one up from a local cl***ic mustang parts dealer. I’m also replacing the pressure plate, disc, pilot and throw out..
Look like I’m wrong, sorry. The wire clip holds the fork arm to the pivot which sits in the recess on the arm. The spring might be weak causing the rattle or too much play in the adjustable actuator attached to the end of the fork. The fork and throw out bearing should have clearance and some “rattle” but held tight with a spring pulling the fork/throwout away from the pressure plate fingers. There are too many different styles for me to remember them all…I’ll bow out!
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