Lots of detail but I’ll try to make this the short short version. I have a 66 Dart that was a slant/auto that was converted to a slant/overdrive by a prior owner. The car is drivable but the clutch isn’t “right”. I was told it has a 10” (for the 9.5 flywheel) B&B set from Brewers as well as a pivot and fork from them as well. The bell is aluminum. The issue I have is not enough travel. To get into 1st and Rev once warmed up without grinding pretty bad I have to have the adjuster already pushing pretty hard on the fork in order to get the needed travel... and at that point it’s barely enough. The pedals are slant pedals with the 5 1/4” pin spacing...
I have stuff apart right now and am going to lengthen the pedal arm to 5 7/8”. I also plan to add the 3/4” to the adjuster rod side of the Z bar eccentric to add travel ratio. Other then that the Z bar sits parallel and level and has good split bushings. Now we come to the link I included. The fork is already way past parallel before It even touch’s the TO to the fingers. TO is on both clips correctly. Where/when it touches seems wrong to me. The fork is so far back once it starts to engage it’s loosing travel due to the angle. When the car is adjusted to be drivable drivable the fork has about 3/8” left at the back of the window when the clutch finally releases so it’s not bottoming out. And, if I set the TO with 3/16 clearance the car will drag forward with the clutch fully depressed on the floor. I’m hoping my lengthening of the pedal arm and the z bar arm get me a faster/further ratio... But I’m still concerned with the fork/TO...
Is there a taller pivot?
Is there a taller TO bearing?
Should I try spacing the PP away from the flywheel with washers?
Thoughts? Thanks!
