JoesEdge
Well-Known Member
Not sure if this belongs in this section, but since it's transmission related and my car is a 3 speed (A230 - not much info on these) and not a 4 speed I figured this would be it.
So, I have this problem...it's called A.D.D. (Attention Devficit Disorder). I first started working on my brake problem (I have another thread on that), when I noticed that my clutch linkages were all loose. I knew they rattled but now I knew why. So, because of the A.D.D. I forgot about the brakes and started working on the clutch linkages.
So, I noticed that the ball stud was loose, I had no return spring on the clutch arm, the clutch rod needed replacing, the spring clip for the clutch pedal rod to Z-bar was missing. I had previously bought a clutch rod kit which came with the return spring.
I figured I'd remove the Z-bar so I can service it and clean it up. That wasn't an easy task with Hooker headers. I also noticed that I'm going to have a hell of a time replacing the starter if it ever goes out. It's trapped. (Remind me why I bought a MOPAR again...)
The part that made things difficult was finding the right wrench to fit on the ball stud on the engine side. The nut on the inner fender side is a 7/8" if I remember right.
I used an adjustable wrench to finally loosen the ball stud, but that wasn't easy with my short stubby arms and not enough light where I needed it. I had my son loosen the 7/8" nut on the fender side while I was deep in my engine bay. He had to keep spinning it until I was able to adjust the wrench properly and it on the ball stud. You can only use an open-ended wrench but that should be pretty obvious.
Once the nut was off, I had to wrestle the Z-bar out, I have clue how I got it out, but I did. Then I realized there's this spring clip of some sort that was probably holding the Z-bar to the ball stud. Maybe if I had removed that, the z-bar would have come out easier.
After it was out, I went over to Sears to get me a wrench that fit the ball stud. I found that the 23 mm wrench fit the best (uh, why is this metric?). I hope that will help with installation. Hopefully now, I won't have to keep monkeying around with the adjustable wrench.
I don't have a new Z-bar kit so I'm going to just clean up my old parts and re install them for now. I couldn't finish the job this weekend, so I'll post more next weekend.
Here's some pics:
So, I have this problem...it's called A.D.D. (Attention Devficit Disorder). I first started working on my brake problem (I have another thread on that), when I noticed that my clutch linkages were all loose. I knew they rattled but now I knew why. So, because of the A.D.D. I forgot about the brakes and started working on the clutch linkages.
So, I noticed that the ball stud was loose, I had no return spring on the clutch arm, the clutch rod needed replacing, the spring clip for the clutch pedal rod to Z-bar was missing. I had previously bought a clutch rod kit which came with the return spring.
I figured I'd remove the Z-bar so I can service it and clean it up. That wasn't an easy task with Hooker headers. I also noticed that I'm going to have a hell of a time replacing the starter if it ever goes out. It's trapped. (Remind me why I bought a MOPAR again...)
The part that made things difficult was finding the right wrench to fit on the ball stud on the engine side. The nut on the inner fender side is a 7/8" if I remember right.
I used an adjustable wrench to finally loosen the ball stud, but that wasn't easy with my short stubby arms and not enough light where I needed it. I had my son loosen the 7/8" nut on the fender side while I was deep in my engine bay. He had to keep spinning it until I was able to adjust the wrench properly and it on the ball stud. You can only use an open-ended wrench but that should be pretty obvious.
Once the nut was off, I had to wrestle the Z-bar out, I have clue how I got it out, but I did. Then I realized there's this spring clip of some sort that was probably holding the Z-bar to the ball stud. Maybe if I had removed that, the z-bar would have come out easier.
After it was out, I went over to Sears to get me a wrench that fit the ball stud. I found that the 23 mm wrench fit the best (uh, why is this metric?). I hope that will help with installation. Hopefully now, I won't have to keep monkeying around with the adjustable wrench.
I don't have a new Z-bar kit so I'm going to just clean up my old parts and re install them for now. I couldn't finish the job this weekend, so I'll post more next weekend.
Here's some pics:
