Clutch return spring. Wher does the other end go?
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Laughing Gas
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Clutch return spring. Wher does the other end go?
I put the engine and transmission in the rolling chassis last weekend. 54 F100, I6. There is a long spring that returns the clutch pedal to the top of the travel range. One end hooks to the eye in the clutch release fork. Where does the other end go? There is nothing there except "air". Thanks Bob
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Laughing Gas
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The bell housing is the closest thing to hook to but the spring i bought from dennis carpenter matches the old one and it is way to long to hook at the bell housing. Gotta be a simple answer to this.?
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The exploded view in the Ford parts book shows your long spring, with the long stem of the hook going to the release fork and the short end going forward, and a bolt and nut located at the hook, giving the appearance that the spring hooks to the bolt, but does not show what it attaches to. It's just out there in the air, like your real-world example. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
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On my 48 a few of the springs are attached to the crossmembers.
There is a 1/8 - 3/16 hole with a large cotter pin inserted with the eye towards the spring and the ends bent/flared. Spring attached to cotterpin - Taa Daa - rather simple.
There is a 1/8 - 3/16 hole with a large cotter pin inserted with the eye towards the spring and the ends bent/flared. Spring attached to cotterpin - Taa Daa - rather simple.
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These photos are for my 1956 272, but I suspect you have the same or a similar setup. I still have to take that little "Z" bracket off and blast/paint it. The first is the front of the spring, and the second is the rear. It passes below my stock steering box.
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I know the bracket doesn't look factory in the photo, but that's because we kinda mashed it with part of the steering when we were doing the disassembly. Once I get it straightened out, it will look more like what Henry would have made - something with nice rounded edges and neatly bent. Or maybe Henry would have saved a penny and had them made from old beer cans by a couple guys sittin' on a porch in the southeast US!
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