Centerforce Dual Friction Clutch - Clutch Basics

Here's the setup before we started the teardown. Unless you've done this before, always take photos of how the linkage and other parts are attached before taking everything apart. Also write down the order of your disassembly, and use the reverse order for installation.

Begin by disconnecting the e-brake cable, recording how long the threaded rod sticks out from the nut securing the cable. You can duplicate the exact original setting at reinstallation.

Now disconnect and remove the rest of the reverse lockout linkage rods. If you're working on a restored car, these parts can be cleaned and replated, or freshened up with Eastwood Detail Gray or Silver Cad paint.

The original bellcrank is now lowered free of the mounting. The speedo cable can also be disconnected and moved out of the work area.

The bellhousing lower cover can be loosened and left hanging until the bellhousing is removed, and both exhaust pipes disconnected. Why haven't they been replaced you ask? They are original to the car and are still solid. Replacement pipes are not shaped the same as the originals, which are crimped to clear the crossmember.

Underhood, we disconnected the clutch actuation rod from the bellcrank and the reverse lockout rod at the steering column. The car can now be put up on a lift, which we luckily had, or up on four heavy-duty jackstands.