Mine was Trashed, I pulled my trans just to replace it.

It's the part that the clutch fork pivots on.

E7TZ7B602A .. Clutch Release Lever Stud

Obsolete parts vendor (it's not obsolete) GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH = one eight hundred -543-4959

I ordered mine from here.

There are a few dealerships that have them as well, but good luck.

If you take the trans out, make sure you grease this part. It should be round, not looking like a bicycle helmet. Mine had metal tear on it from never being greased again. Glad I replaced the fork, but I didn't think anything about the part it pivots on.

So, if you have your trans out, to change the clutch or anything, make sure you check on this part. It will effect how the throwout bearing operates.

 

I keep pulling my fork to keep it greased. If I dont, I will get a binding noise after a few thousand miles. That is something i overlooked during my clutch install... good info william

 

I forgot to mention (I think) That Numbers Dummy got me this info.
So thank him, not me.

 

Part came in, UPS in a hair care product box wrapped in a macyies paper.
It smells heavily of perfume.

This is TOTTALY grounds to call and harass them about it.

"what are you guys running down there, a parts store, or a hair salon?"

 

These pictures show the wear on the part, you can see that the metal is scored and warn away and the pivot point is not round any longer.

Seeing as my shearing gear runs on the same setup, I know slight wear can cause lots of effects on how the clutch engages and disengages.

The scoring of the metal also doesn't look so good. This is after I had cleaned it up the first time I pulled the trans.

It doesn't thread in as you can see in previous pictures.
I had to heat the unit up with the torch and twist it out with vice grips, and it was tough then. Grease is basically holding it in with a vacuum.
I used a dead blow hammer to seat the new one.

 

here are some pictures of the damage on the clutch fork. You can see how the pit, or socket where the ball seated too has metal built up and its not a good surface in general, the new one looks nothing of the sort like this.

 

Awww heck Willie, that is just what I call good and broken in. LOL

 

Yea. Broken being the key word. Thats a lot of metal on metal wear there.

 

You have to take the trans out to get to that part? I would like to grease mine just to see if it will take some of the noise out of my throw out bearing.
dont think it will but if it needs grease it needs the grease.

 

You probably need a throw out bearing if its making noise.
They just are a really poor setup.

As far as I can tell, you can probably get the assembly out, but I'm not sure. It wouldn't be fun putting together.

 

I know this is an old thread..

For you guys talking about the "binding" noise the fork makes.. does it sound like an old door creaking?
I get some noise on fork movement starting to sound pretty bad..

 

Yeah it does, that's what mine sounds like... It makes that creaking sound as the fork pivots on the stud when pushing the clutch in.

 

Hey, somebody just posted about this in a different thread.

Thanks for bringing it up for them.

start a new thread for your creeking sound though

 

This should go in any sticky thread about the auto -> ZF5 swap. Rather than just swapping the part from the donor truck, this should be one of the parts installed NEW, along with the flywheel, fork, etc.

 

There's really no point in starting a new thread for a creaking sound, when the question was pretty much answered with one post... Besides, it's relevant to what you originally posted anyway, since it's a worn stud and clutch fork that causes it...