Clutch not disengaging

JO
You know they make replacement bushings,and wire bushing retainers right. With a new bushing kit, that takes most of the slop right out.Unless you still have a rubber swivel down on the bottom! Get rid of that asap. I think the steel ones are still available.Whatever other slop there may be, get's taken care of during the free-play adjustment.It sounds almost like your bushing retainer is MIA. I made one out of a coat-hanger, and zip-tied it on. It's been on there a lotta years.
I have never had an issue with a V8 Z-bar not work properly, with any clutch I have ever run. What combo are you running?

Bushings? the plastic half pieces that sort of go around the ball studs? Mine aren't too bad. They're tight-ish. Yes, I do have the wire that holds the bushing and ball stud in place (the one closest to the frame rail. I did have to modify my z-bar for the Doug's headers and it's possible I screwed up.

If you get the leg at the wrong angle, you WILL lose a TON or travel.

Yeah, I think that's what the problem is. I may have got the angle wrong or something. Back to the drawing board.

No one seems to have pictures or a how-to it's all trial and error until it's right. I think the reason why people don't have pictures or a how to is because once they got it right, they left it alone and never looked at it again. lol