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    Hydraulic Clutch

    Ok so thinking about switching over to a hydraulic clutch system and looking for insite on who makes the best kit, my 55 Bel Air has a 350 with block hugger headers, 605 power steering box, and Saginaw 4 speed
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    Have you considered shipping you wore out junk when new stuff for his upgrades Earl Williams. On my 55 it was money well spent I had lots of issues. I have a BBC, Headers, and 500 PS with a Tremec TKO 600. Moved 2.25 forward.
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    Nothing wrong with clutch just hard to push in pedal as when the new power steering box was installed the clutch arm had to be shortened for it to fit causing the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by turk1955 View Post
    Nothing wrong with clutch just hard to push in pedal as when the new power steering box was installed the clutch arm had to be shortened for it to fit causing the problem.
    So if you shortened the upper z-bar arm and left the lower one the stock length, the clutch will take more force to actuate.

    A couple of fixes.....lengthen the upper arm back to stock length and put a jog in it and jog the upper pushrod to clear the steering box. You could also put a stock-length upper arm on it and move it toward the engine, and move the pushrod over with it....jog it if needed. OR, you could shorten the lower arm the same amount. The issue I see with the last option is the throw will get shorter....however it still might be enough.
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    Not sure why you had to do that, is motor moved.

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    No motor is still in its original position the only change was the newer steering box, also I didn't do the install was like this when I bought it.

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    You shouldn't have had to do that. I don't understand what the p/s box has to do with clutch linkage. Got photos?

    There area two ways to go on the hydraulic clutch. One is a slave cylinder that pushes on the original style clutch fork. Check out novak.com. Their main business is jeep conversions but their hydraulic slave will fit many cars. The other is a hydraulic throwout bearing. McLeod makes some. With either one you also need a clutch master cylinder and the linkage for it. This stuff isn't cheap either.

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    Ok so after having a friend operate the clutch pedal I was able to watch the linkage move and it seems fine, I was told that the linkage had been changed but it looks untouched everything appears fine but it still very hard to push in and when releasing it doesn't start to engage till about half way off the floor and then it grabs hard. Maybe the through out bearing ?

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    Have you tried adjusting the linkage so that the clutch engages closer to the floor?

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    55 clutch linkage - 3.jpg55 clutch linkage -2.jpg I took 2 pitchers hope someone can see the problem as to me it appears the push rod is to short

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