i can't figure this thing out and i need to be in dripping springs by 7:00. i'm trying to get the clutch lever off so i can put on a new one and a new bushing so hopefully i can get the clutch to fully disengage. thanks guys!!!

 

not following exactly what you are trying to get off? the lever under the dash with the 4 eared bushing? if you are replacing all of that you pull the bolt out and pry your butt off to get the old lever out, the new one gets pulled on by the bolt going back in. the clip goes n the rod first and then slid over the lever. if you are doin somethin else please give a hair more detail as to where you are workin

 

i'm replacing the lever that connects to the clutch master cylinder rod. it is on a bolt and held on by a nut. how would i get the whole bolt out though? it goes through the whole brake and clutch mess.

 

right thats what i thought you were talking about, the bolt stays on, just the nut comes off as i posted before, the splines hold it quite tight, a short pry bar does the trick and the new one gets pressed on when you tighten the nut back down

 

good job joe. i finally got it with a long screwdriver and a bigger hammer. put the new one on and the plastic bushing. pushed in the clutch a few times and the clutch master cylinder rod and the bushing slid off. uh oh i just figured out where i messed up. is the plastic bushing supposed to go through the clutch lever and the clutch master rod?

 

i finally got it off. i put the new stuff on and pushed in the clutch a few times and the bushing and clutch master rod slid off the clutch lever. what would cause this? right now i have it jury rigged with zip ties, but the bushing already broke again so i'm going to drive it until i can order the ebay bushing replacement.

 

??????? you have confused me here, the 4 finger clip should go on the clutch rod first with the 4 fingers facing toward the go pedal, then the whole thing slides over the lever, the fingers lock nto the indentation on the lever, it really cant come off unless the fingers are broken

 

oh well then that is where i messed up. since mine was totally missing and i haven't done this before i didn't know what i was doing. well one of the ears broke off. do you think it will still work like it should?

 

nope need them all to work properly, you put it on the lever first didnt you

 

i put it on the clutch master cylinder rod first, then slid that onto the clutch lever.

 

and it broke?

 

I'm a little confused too. I bought my truck with a broken plastic master cylinder rod end, so I had to replace the whole hydraulic setup. I snapped the little 4 ear plastic bushing into the master pushrod eye, then snapped that bushing/rod end onto the clutch pedal linkage end. The bushing snapped into the groove on the end of the linkage rod, I didn't have any nuts/bolts to mess with. Maybe mine is different or is missing parts?

 

he also replaced the physical lever that you slide the mastercylinder onto, the piece that the clip locks too will get rounded over time compunding the lever popping off issue.

 

hmmm. well RubberDuck gave me a good idea last night. instead of using zip ties to hold it together i'm going to drill a hole through the pin on the clutch lever and put a pin through it to hold everything in place. then once i can get the ebay bushing i will get that to try to fix the problem better.