Saginaw swap

[Jgowin]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1469889503
This is the TO I was using, the new one is identical.

[notsolo]

That looks a little rough, I would think the ripples would cause a vibration in the clutch when depressed and possibly wear the fork. Does the fork ball and socket look correct?

[Jgowin]

Originally Posted by notsolo

That looks a little rough, I would think the ripples would cause a vibration in the clutch when depressed and possibly wear the fork. Does the fork ball and socket look correct?

I agree with the looking rough and I don't remember it looking that bad when I assembled it. I haven't seen any issues with fork ball or the clutch arm either. I talked with the guy at the local parts store and he has the clutch and pressure plate in stock, I'm going by Monday morning to compare my parts with the new ones he has to hopefully figure this out.

[Jgowin]

Ok, I pulled the transmission and removed the clutch and pressure plate. Here's the old one:

The new one:

The clutch discs were nearly identical, both read about .328" thick. I reinstalled everything and the new pressure plate is night and day difference, I figure the old pressure plate has had a couple clutch discs in it's past. But now my new HD pressure plate is more than my home made bracket can handle, it was missing so I made one out of 1/8" flat stock, it flexes like crazy when I press the clutch. Oh well now I need to find one of these:

Oh well back to hunting parts.

[notsolo]

Your going to get this wrapped up yet ! Long painful process to figure out all the details in a 40+ yr old truck. I have a long z-bar but I don't see a i6 clutch pivot for the engine. I will keep looking.here is a possibility .http://www.ebay.com/itm/67-68-69-70-...dXF2n1&vxp=mtr

[Jgowin]

Originally Posted by notsolo

Your going to get this wrapped up yet ! Long painful process to figure out all the details in a 40+ yr old truck. I have a long z-bar but I don't see a i6 clutch pivot for the engine. I will keep looking.here is a possibility .http://www.ebay.com/itm/67-68-69-70-...dXF2n1&vxp=mtr

Thanks for the input and the link, I'm looking locally as well. I actually had one lined up to buy along with some other parts from a member, he sent me pictures and was getting me a shipping quote when he went MIA. That's when I fabbed one with some thin flat stock I had. I'll look around and see what I can come up with and if I can't then I'll pull the trigger on that one.