I broke the shaft on the clutch petal

tomrooster · Post by **tomrooster** » September 20, 2020, 6:33 pm

I broke the shaft on the clutch petal in my driveway. I just made it home from a cruise night the night before . Lucky to have a spare

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » September 20, 2020, 8:23 pm

I always am greatful for a breakdown at home
It might de a pain...
But WAY better than on the road

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » November 22, 2020, 9:18 pm

braking in the driveway is a blessing.. try it half way from wv to kansas.. lol

Doc Pepper · Post by **Doc Pepper** » December 2, 2020, 11:16 am

It'll break again. In fact, I'll bet if you look closely at it, you will see that it was repaired at least once before. What I did was buy 2 3/8" ball joints and a threaded rod at ACE hardware. Eight years later, it is still working as well as when I installed it with no wear in the ball joints. I also replaced the push rod at the bottom with a similar setup up. And because the last clutch was a heavy duty one that destroyed my steering column support bracket, I also replaced the bracket with one modified with heavy duty pivot bearing housings. I eventually replaced the heavy duty clutch (it cracked the bell housing) with a normal one (with the help of Bill W). The whole thing has been trouble free for 80,000 miles ... so far.

HydroDog · Post by **HydroDog** » March 6, 2021, 1:11 am

Doc Pepper wrote:It'll break again. In fact, I'll bet if you look closely at it, you will see that it was repaired at least once before. What I did was buy 2 3/8" ball joints and a threaded rod at ACE hardware. Eight years later, it is still working as well as when I installed it with no wear in the ball joints. I also replaced the push rod at the bottom with a similar setup up. And because the last clutch was a heavy duty one that destroyed my steering column support bracket, I also replaced the bracket with one modified with heavy duty pivot bearing housings. I eventually replaced the heavy duty clutch (it cracked the bell housing) with a normal one (with the help of Bill W). The whole thing has been trouble free for 80,000 miles ... so far.

I did the same fix last August. Can't believe how easy the clutch is now.

jamesdfo · Post by **jamesdfo** » March 6, 2021, 8:18 am

The kit from Mustang Steve's has been discussed on this forum in the past, here's a link to his site.....

https://mustangsteve.com/product/bbk/

https://mustangsteve.com/instructions-bbk-bearing-kit/

https://mustangsteve.com/bbk-tutorial/

redstone65 · Post by **redstone65** » March 30, 2021, 2:25 pm

Just happened to me at work today in the parking lot when leaving for lunch. Ordered the ball joints to do this upgrade. I'll wait until late tonight (less traffic) and drive her home clutchless. This'll be interesting.

redstone65 · Post by **redstone65** » June 2, 2021, 4:03 am

Ended up getting 3/8-24 threaded rod and the ball joints from Napa and did the conversion. Clutch feels like brand new.

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