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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: Jb427 on October 10, 2021, 09:56:59 PM
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I need some help I am trying to find what clutch fork i need for a big shaft top loader in a fairlane dose any one make them new?.
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The only big shaft clutch fork reproduced is the Mustang. I am not sure what they had originally, may have been the same fork, but you should be able to make it work.
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The only big shaft clutch fork reproduced is the Mustang. I am not sure what they had originally, may have been the same fork, but you should be able to make it work.
It seems to be the same fork in function. That is what I am using (C8OA 7517 D for the factory 428 CJ BI/BO TL) in my '67 Fairlane BI/BO long tail CR toploader. I don't know what differences there are between that fork and say a factory 427 Fairlane fork, but the Mustang fork works just fine.
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When I was putting my 59 together a few years ago, I bought a new clutch fork from McLeod. I have a small spline Toploader in my 59, so I bought the small input clutch fork, but McLeod showed 3 different forks available, including the big input Mustang unit. Price was very reasonable as well. The fork I got was the later "leaf spring" style, so I bought a new fork pivot fulcrum, with the slot for the spring from McLeod at the same time. I much prefer the later style spring and pivot, over the early wire clip version.
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Im not happy with my Hydraulic throwout bearing it works fine just no adjustment for clutch feel so i was going to try a fork and slave cylinder i wont be using the z bar and i don't care about factory part just need parts that will work with the fe in a fairlane with a lakewood scatter shield and big shaft toploader.
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I do not use the wire clip on fork on my '66 with scattershield. I switched to a '68-later clip type. You can find forks and clutch parts at Branda and Mansfield Mustang.
https://store.cobranda.com/clreit.html (https://store.cobranda.com/clreit.html)
http://mansfieldmustang.com/Transmission.html (http://mansfieldmustang.com/Transmission.html)
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66 and 67 would have used wire clips, the leaf spring clip was new for 68