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How does one replace the clutch fork (clutch release lever) ball stud? I found one for $33 including shipping.
It appears to be pressed in, not threaded. I tried heating the boss and prying it out with a crow bar, no good. I don't want to pry harder and break the bell housing. I tried heating the boss and twisting the ball stud, again no good. The ball stud is tempered, so a vice-gripe or pipe wrench jaws doesn't bite very well.
Any advice?
Once again something which should be simple, snowballs into a pain-in-the azz.
Are you sure the ball stud is replaceable by itself? I found the ZF part number for 1987/89 = E7TZ-7B602-A (see 83/89 pic below), but it's not listed for 1990/97.
The E7TZ-7B602-A is a NOS ball stud I got from Ford, $33 shipped. It's identical to the ball stud in my bell housing. My truck is an October 1996 model.
I'm going to give my local Ford dealer a call Monday and check what they have to say? They got me a clutch fork for $24.
Last edited by MeTo; Jun 9, 2018 at 03:24 PM.
Reason: Added pic
The E7TZ-7B602-A is a NOS ball stud I got from Ford, $33 shipped. It's identical to the ball stud in my bell housing. My truck is an October 1996 model.
I'm going to give my local Ford dealer a call Monday and check what they have to say? They got me a clutch fork for $24.
You may have got it from a Ford dealer, but it's obsolete.
It's listed in the 1980/89 Light Truck Parts Catalog (see pic), but I couldn't find it in the 1990/2001 Light Truck Parts Catalog.
I heated it, hammered a couple, heated some, hammered a couple until it popped out. I tapped the new ball stud with anti-seize
back in until it was seated.
I don't believe that interference fit needs to be that tight. Snug would be fine.
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