Upper clutch rod

[Bonnewagon]

After 20 odd years my upper clutch rod is shot so I was surprised to see they are going for over $60 now! And not many available even at that price. While searching I came upon this and the price is comparable to the stock piece. It is offered by Speeddirect.com and I am impressed. What do you guys think? http://cmc.speeddirect.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=7130-125&eq=&Tp=

 

[7d8ss]

They look nice. The only problem I can see is that my ends are male & go into the clutch pedal & Z bar. Those ends are Female & would require some kind of bolt or something to keep them on. Maybe I'm just missing something? ~ Jon

 

[Bonnewagon]

The bag of nuts bolts and washers I guess are used for that purpose. I would probably upgrade to nylock nuts as well.

 

[malibu80]

I ordered this piece 2 weeks ago. Haven't installed it yet but am very pleased with the quality of the part.

 

[Bonnewagon]

Great! That's what I wanted to hear. Good quality made in US will get my business every time. Are the hardware grade 8 or what?

 

[loneagle]

I installed this kit on my car a few years ago and it works great. I decided to make my own for my Nova. The Nova just uses straight pieces of tube. My total cost was less than 15 bucks for the joints and stuff.

 

[85_SS]

Very popular upgrade for mechanical linkage cars - I was going to order that very set when I was initially planning to go with the 606 bellhousing but I changed my mind and went hydraulic.

 

[malibu80]

I had a look at the hardware and they are not grade 8. The bolt head has 3 slash marks on it. Does that mean it is a grade 3 bolt ?

 

[Bonnewagon]

No, grade 5. No marks at all are grade 2, then 3 means grade 5 and 6 means grade 8. I guess grade 5 is good enough but I would have thought they would use grade 8's but I'm not an engineer so maybe they weren't necessary. Thank's for checking, I am getting that kit for sure.