After the body lift i was forced a question. What to do with the mechanical clutch system.i was going to add 3" to the rod but as you can see the rod end was worn reall bad. so i decided to redesign it stronger. I did not want this to fail off road

here is another angle. you can see the pivet end is junk.

The rod is almost 1/2 thick.

the leagth is 23" so i need one 3" longer to off set the body lift and i added 1/2 for the taller body mounts.

The equlizer rod (Below the linkage) the rectangle hole rounds out and causes slop in the shifter and makes you think the clutch needs replacing.

I looked at the sprint car circuit and got a custom made rod and heim joints.

Here is a closeup of how it was going to connect the equlizer. bar

Here is all the rod parts and the bellcrank. i found the plastic bushings were broken and had to goto ford to get new ones.

Here is the bell crank all rebuilt and ready to go back in the truck.

Here is the bell crank end of the clutch rod.

Here is the rod all painted and ready to reinstall.

Here is the bell crank back in the bronco.

Here is the connection to the throw out arm.

here is a shot of the rod going up to the equlizer bar. it is here i found another issue. the hole thru the floor was on the angle of the floorboards. i decided i would trim here (i had to replace the floor board anyway (rotted out) and i will use a shifter boot to cover the hole or a throwup arm cover boot).

Not the cleanest hole but it will work for now.

Here is the top end of the hole in the floor.

Here is the connection to the equlizer bar. This setup works great.