Clutch fork pivot ball clip install - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Jasonivie66 · 09-20-2018, 12:19 AM

Hello everyone, I just installed a Saginaw 456 into my 68 C10 and can't figure out how to get the clip into place of the pivot ball?

**LockDoc** · 09-20-2018, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jasonivie66

Hello everyone, I just installed a Saginaw 456 into my 68 C10 and can't figure out how to get the clip into place of the pivot ball?

I am going to move this to the "Engine & Drivetrain" forum and see what they say there. It has been long enough ago that I did mine that I can't remember for sure, but I think I installed the clutch fork on the ball before I bolted the bell housing to the engine.....

LockDoc

**HO455** · 09-21-2018, 01:12 PM

How about a photo? I was thinking the Z-bar ball not the clutch fork. ???

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 09-29-2018, 08:57 PM

Did you mean an SM 465, the 4-speed-on-the-floor with compound [Granny] low?
[Actually they're from the Muncie Indiana plant.]
The spring clip that holds the clutch fork on the pivot ball is shaped like the Greek letter Omega.
It is not flat.
You want the open [top of omega] part about 10'o'clock or facing the inside or open claws of the fork...
You want the concave part facing you. Set it in the open socket of the clutch fork, so the wire body of the clip fits inside the groove. You can squeeze the 'ears' with needlenose pliers to set it in. Then bop it on the pivot ball with a dead-blow [orange,''clown''] hammer.
Should snap right in.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 09-29-2018, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by LockDoc

I am going to move this to the "Engine & Drivetrain" forum and see what they say there. It has been long enough ago that I did mine that I can't remember for sure, but I think I installed the clutch fork on the ball before I bolted the bell housing to the engine.....

LockDoc

You could probably do it either way, but I think if you put the clutch fork on after the bell housing is bolted up, it's easier to put the open ''claws'' of the fork into the throw-out bearing if the other end is free.

09-20-2018, 12:19 AM	#1
Jasonivie66 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Salem Posts: 1	Clutch fork pivot ball clip install Hello everyone, I just installed a Saginaw 456 into my 68 C10 and can't figure out how to get the clip into place of the pivot ball?

09-21-2018, 01:12 PM	#3
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 11,605	Re: Clutch fork pivot ball clip install How about a photo? I was thinking the Z-bar ball not the clutch fork. ??? __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377

09-29-2018, 08:57 PM	#4
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,622	Re: Clutch fork pivot ball clip install Did you mean an SM 465, the 4-speed-on-the-floor with compound [Granny] low? [Actually they're from the Muncie Indiana plant.] The spring clip that holds the clutch fork on the pivot ball is shaped like the Greek letter Omega. It is not flat. You want the open [top of omega] part about 10'o'clock or facing the inside or open claws of the fork... You want the concave part facing you. Set it in the open socket of the clutch fork, so the wire body of the clip fits inside the groove. You can squeeze the 'ears' with needlenose pliers to set it in. Then bop it on the pivot ball with a dead-blow [orange,''clown''] hammer. Should snap right in. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.



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