Spectre
The Deported
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2007
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- Dallas, Texas
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- 00 4Runner | 02 919 | 87 XJ6 | 86 CB700SC
The only ones with a bell crank are the 4-cylinders. The 5.0 has a single cable from the quadrant to the clutch fork. I eliminated the bellcrank on mine by finding an earlier turbo 2.3 bell housing and switching to a 5.0 style cable.
The stock setup is self adjusting, just pull up on the clutch pedal to re-adjust. However these quadrants where made of plastic and known to fail. I just helped a buddy of mine switch his '89 over to an aluminum quadrant and an adjustable cable. He says the clutch feels much better.
I am well aware that the 5.0s and later don't use bellcranks, but I was using that in the generic sense. They still use cables and linkages and some of Ford's other RWD cars do use bellcranks.
Also, that's not a self-adjusting setup, that's a manual adjustment. Hydraulics are self adjusting, like disc brakes are.
Why not just lift the rear end and watch a tire spin? I have seen this on other manual transmission cars.
Usually that doesn't happen if the clutch is depressed with most cars. Depending on how well assembled the particular Mustang was, the clutch may not be making enough contact with the pedal in all the way to turn the rear wheels - but they all will have enough contact to turn the transmission's output shaft.
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