Clutch Linkage

I run a heavy v8 clutch on my six, the kind that causes you to need to press your own knee down with your hand on occasions .. i.e there is no comfort sitting in traffic with ya foot on the clutch for very long... Basically has casued recipents of a "do you want to have a drive " offer, to return and be less than complimentary about the weight of the clutch


so i guess its a heavier weight than standard :) i'm used to it, i now have such a powerfull left leg i can only walk in circules

The only issue i have had is the z bar moving sideways towards the block which casued the adjuster rod to pop off its stud and i lost the grey metal spring clip 3 or 4 times until i worked out what was wrong.

this was traced to the fact that the chassis side plastic half moon bushes innside the z bar had worn at the ends and one end of my spring clip retainer for these bushes had snapped. on removal i do belive this was all still OEM fitted 52 years ago, which might explain why it was all worn out, and you do need that spring clip to be well into the groove of the bushes through the two offset holes.

with only 1 end of the retainer wire sitting in the groove of the half moon bushes and the wear mentioned earlier the bushes eventually moved round so the retainer end slotted through the split in the bushes allowing them to move outwards towards the end of the z bar, which meant the z bar was no longer fixed in position close to the chassis and consequently the bar moved inwards causing mis alignment

new kit of seals, half moon bushes, and a retainer wire later, and i'm no longer springing off the adjuster rod beacsue the z bar stays in the correct place with proper alignment of its limbs with the clutch rod and the clutch fork eye

i didn't need to weld or add anything and after 20+ years of ownership this is the only issue i have had with the clutch.


i'm running a 10 inch 6 bolt cover from a holden v8 that in its normal use would be actuated by a hydraulic set up to make it easy on the leg. reasonably high clamping force in a small space to provide the same friction/clamping as the old style dual plate "hand grenade" that was used by the factory in "Track Pack" versions of my car, in the old days

Dave