Clutch Adjustment Problems

[wnstwolf2]

While my post counter fails to reveal my “lurker” status I have been a member for a few years now. I post a little more often over on the “other forum” due to the pedigree of my car. Anyway here is my current problem that I hope one of you may have some advice on.

Car is a FFR with a 427w backed by a McCloud bell housing and Tremec 5speed. Car ran great but the clutch pedal stared to get hung up if fully pressed to the floor. Found that is was due to the adjusting nut at the clutch arm of the clutch cable getting hung up on the bell housing. This was easily fixed with a little die grinding of the housing to give the cable full travel with no interference.

Put everything back together and the car ran great. Too bad I did not tighten the nuts properly because upon a 25-mile drive the adjuster nuts completely loosened leaving my clutch pedal limp. Except for the cable being very loose everything looked fine. So I replaced the standard nut with a Nyloc one and put things back to the proper operating position (realized by the marks on the end of the cable).

The problem is the clutch is a mess now.. The clutch disengages almost as soon as I press the pedal. I have about ¼ inch of free play. Then I have a long pedal to the floor but the tranny is never fully released allowing me to shift. The clutch is engaged allowing the engine to turn freely but the input shaft of the tranny is still turning and will grind the gears if I try to force the shifter.

I have looked into the bell housing with a flashlight and mirror and the arm seems to be properly seated on the throughout bearing. The two fingers are through the lip of the bearing and the arm is positioned on the pivot properly. I have a firewall adjuster as well as the threaded rod at the clutch end of the cable. Any thoughts? As I said until this cable loosened everything was perfect for over 2,000 miles.. A simple thing has me sidelined…

Thanks

WW2