Newbie here...can't get clutch to disengage...

perfacar said

hi, If no room on bottom arm, then shorten upper arm. the thing is, you're changing the ratio and can gain pedal travel. first thing is to adjust the rod out to maybe get release. last thing would be to change pivot. you don't have to cut the arm, just drill a hole and put the pivot in new hole I found a used z bar and redone it. yes, this is from mopar race manual. I have seen some z bars where the bottom pivot is not down to the end of arm. my 273 dart was this way. all I did was drill a hole and moved pivot to it. didn't need to add to arm length.

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The gods must be against me with this swap.
First, I called the Hays tech line today to ask how much fork travel I need in order to disengage the clutch. The guy said, "Hmm, I don't know.":angryfir:
This evening, I've been working on the old Z-bar by changing the pivot points. I shortened the upper arm by one inch, and lengthened the lower arm by one inch and now the lower arm is binding on my TTI headers.
What confounds me the most is the fact that I cannot disengage the clutch, even though every single piece of the linkage is brand new and A-body specific.