Clutch and Pedal Mistakes

[mightykp]

Doing the swap... and have made the errors so you won't have to do it, too.
When attaching the slave to the tranny and throw fork, I could get about an 1/8 inch from success but never could make it work. Hours worth of effort, with multiple helpers.
Finally a seasoned veteran shined light on the mistake: I tightened the pressure plate to flywheel following specs. DO NOT trust that number. Had a gap between pressure plate and flywheel. Re-tightened MUCH more so to be flush, and Success, easily actually.
But that got me to my second big error...

 

[mightykp]

Quality Chinese Made Junk...
Purchased a clutch pedal set from Amazon. Thinking how bad could it be?
Had it in and out 2x before I realized why I couldn't bleed the system.
The clutch arm has grooves that sit in the main shaft

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[mightykp]

Clutch pedal assembly has the main shaft and each end has those ridges and Pedal on left side with that throw arm on the right

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[mightykp]

Previous pics are from Ford oem assembly. Brake bushings need to be replaced. So I went with Amazon Warehouse for 30 dollars. Wasted time.
Solution? other than fixing original (saving it for next truck)
Welding both ends through the nut to the arm and rod, and nut/rod/clutch pedal on left side. Left side looks like 2 pieces, but they are welded... can see it at the very top.
Weakness with this approach? When the bushings go... not going to replace easily.
Haven't tried to bleed yet, but the throw seems correct.
Will update.

 

[IDIoit]

while youre there, get rid of that pin too