help identifying part

[spenceman72]

While removing my headers this morning, specifically the drivers side header, I had to remove a part from the engine to allow the header to drop through. This part was connected to the bottom back drivers side of the engine and was connected to an arm of sorts that runs through the dash and seems to go behind the instrument cluster. Can you guys help me identify what this part does? Also a 'bolt' fell onto me, looks like a wing nut, but doesn't actually screw on to a arm. Sorry for such a terrible description here, hopefully the pictures will tell more.

[Lee H]

That's the clutch linkage, also called the bell crank.

[spenceman72]

Thanks Lee-it didn't seem to be fastened to the motor at all..just basically slid over the nob coming out of the motor..that seem right?

[Lee H]

Is your truck stick or automatic? If auto then leave it off, it was a stick shift at some point in time. If It's a stick..............

[LockDoc]

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That is the way it is supposed to be. If you don't put it back on your clutch won't work... The "wing nut" slides on the end of the rod and pushes against the clutch arm.

LockDoc

[spenceman72]

It is a manual..4 speed with granny gear.
I love this forum and its members so much. 1 month ago when I purchased the 72 blazer I had only changed oil once in my life. Now I've changed oil, alternator, break booster, removed headers and learned what a clutch linkage is!
Another question or 2..
the 'wing nut'..so this goes on the forward side of the bracket in the picture with the springs attached to it, correct? so 'arm-wing nut-bracket'? The 'arm' that goes into the bracket with the spring on it is threaded at the end..either I lost a nut or perhaps no nut goes on this?
Another question-when I press the clutch down it does 'pop' maybe 1/3 of the way down..almost like it gets slightly 'hung up' on something each time. Everything shifts just fine, it's just the clutch isn't very smooth. Would replacing this clutch linkage help you think?

[yuccales]

Your "wing nut" should look like this. Sorry for the bad pic.

[spenceman72]

great, thanks everyone..and thanks Yuccales for the pic! Is there a nut on the other side of the bracket, or is that arm just help in place by force?

[ChevLoRay]

Not that what I'm gonna write has anything to do with these trucks, but my first car had a bad throwout bearing. While off to go deer hunting, my clutch got worse and worse. So, this older man (I was just 17) said the problem was that the rod operating the clutch wasn't going back far enough. Said we should put some kind of spacer in place to help the rod push farther, meaning that it would put more pressure on the throwout bearing. Made sense to us. So, we found something and made it work....for about three actuations. Then, POW! Clutch pedal on the floor....

Long story short...the fulcrum broke off of the inside of the bell housing. After getting it home, it cost me $20 to get it fixed! I had to work all week at Kroger to make enough money to pay for it.

A month later, it got totalled out. Senior without a car sucked in '65.

[spenceman72]

ChevLoRay-you forgot a crucial detail to your story....did you bag a trophy buck that day??
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