changing the quadrant

[stangjunkie]

jerry was close i faought tha peice of crap all night till i gave up and went to bed next morning i looked at the whole thing and found the best way to do it. use a peice of wood to move and hold the stock quadrent all the way down... go back under the hood and you'll notice that the pawl is now right infron of the hole in the firewall. get a small chisle or knife (i used an air powered body saw took 2 seconds) and cut off the pawl that makes the process go so fast.

thats what worked for me but see what you can do

 

[canesstangnitro]

I have the quadrant off. the problem I have is the clutch fork moving. people have told me that the clutch fork should never move. since the clutch fork is moving, it is moving north and south. it will shift forward toward the front of the car and with one finger I can move it back to the back of the car. so when the 2 nuts are tight on the fork, it will move and the nuts will be loose because it is shifting. I don't know if the clutch fork is going out or something that holds it in place came off but the clutch fork is moving making it hard to tighten the 2 nuts onto the fork because it will shift back and they will be loose again. please help!

 

[canesstangnitro]

I got the cable and quadrant on. thanks for the help guys! now I just have to check if it is narmal for the clutch fork to shake when the car is ideling. I can look in past my 8th spark plug and see the clutch fork moving and because it is shaking, it is making a loud noise. the noise goes away if I stick a broom in there against it. the noise goes away or when I put my foot down on the clutch it goes away. is this going to mess up my clutch or throw out bearing? normally, when there is a noise and it goes away when you press on the clutch, it is the throw out bearing but i changed it when I changed my clutch. the noise goes away if I put something against the fork so it cant shake?

 

[Boss 351]

I did it in like 30 minutes...

You should have some pressure on the clutch fork, at least to prevent it from moving freely like that. If I remember, maybe I don't, but it should be 25lb of pressure... if I remember... Mine isn't loose anyway...

 

[canesstangnitro]

has anyone had problems with noise coming from the quadrant when the car is in high rpms. when I am in first and second at about 3,000 I will hear a lot of noise coming from the quadrant in the car. the quadrant kit that I bought from ford did not come with the spacers. is that the cause of the noise? they told me you can make it work without the spacers?

 

[HISSIN50]

has anyone had problems with noise coming from the quadrant when the car is in high rpms. when I am in first and second at about 3,000 I will hear a lot of noise coming from the quadrant in the car. the quadrant kit that I bought from ford did not come with the spacers. is that the cause of the noise? they told me you can make it work without the spacers?

Just MHO here:

I don't think spacers are necessary. I tried to set my new quadrant off to the side but the physics/geometry involved self-centered it (probably like a water skiier out to the side being pulled back towards the center of the boat).
I ran with no spacers and then added them after I checked the quadrant's location. I noted no change at all. Oh, my old SVO single hook quad had no spacers at all - ever.

For your issue, how does the quadrant make noise? Does it matter if the clutch pedal is partially depressed or not?

Assuming too much cable freeplay, I don't see how the quad can be loose enough to slop around and rattle. Kind of a new one on me.

Good luck.