Bell crank fix?
Dlowe
Jeeper
As I progress through rebuilding the 5 I had an idea to fix the poor design of the clutch/bell crank issue. Short of converting it to hydraulics, Well I did it Sunday. I took a concrete form stake which at first glance was just a little smaller (ID) than the bell crank (perfect), however there is a bushing that is inside the BC so the stake was a little to big. I proceeded to grind some off the stake, this process took an hour or so as I paid close attention in keeping it round, last step I used an 36 grit wheel and it polished up decent. I then drilled a 3/8" hole in both ends, cut off two bolts about 1" in length, then welded the bolts in place, heavily coated the new rod with grease and reassembled. The clutch action now feels like a quality design, all motion is true and I'm confident it will not fail like the phony plastic bushings that are OEM.