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Originally Posted by camcojb
I remember mine coming loose many years ago on a 65 Chevelle I had. The ball on the end with the slotted bracket has a machined section that has to locate in the slot of the bracket to hold the ball from spinning when you tighten the nut. On mine I used a lock washer and flat washer with the nut and never had it come loose again. I suspect that ball wasn't located in the slot correctly when I bought the car, which made it impossible to properly tighten.
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Jody, that's exactly the set up. After reinstalling it tonight I had the wife step on the clutch so I could watch it while the car was still in the air. I notice when she stepped on the clutch the fork would contact the firewall/floorboard. I'm thinking that put reverse pressure on the zbar pushing it up and out hopefully so I grabbed a hammer and persuasion bar and installed clearance
. Took about 1/4" deep x 3" long to clear it. Another one of those dse 1/2" body bushing issues corrected. Hopefully it works. Thanks for the reply.
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Originally Posted by Vegas69
Assuming the nut was good and tight. Do you have ample clearance between the block and the end of the Z Bar? Chevy's have a big block/small block length. You do need the spring as it keeps the rod from falling out and just as importantly, pull the throwout bearing off the pressure plate.
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Thanks for the reply Todd, hopefully I got it fixed. Still forgot to put spring on while it was in the air, dammit
