Attention 4 speed owners!!! What part is this???

[77scottsdale1]

I need to know what this is. It bolts up on the cab and looks like it runs to the frame. I cant find anything that it could hook up to and it looks like my cab is bobbing up and down when I press my clutch pedal in because it's not tying the cab and frame together.

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[77scottsdale1]

Any help is appreciated!!!

 

[CSFJ]

Um, if your cab is moving when the clutch pedal is pressed, you have bigger isues than a linkage. That piece is not what should be holding your cab to the frame.

 

[77scottsdale1]

Is it possible for a pressure plate to become seized? Or maybe new cab mounts?

 

[77scottsdale1]

Um, if your cab is moving when the clutch pedal is pressed, you have bigger isues than a linkage. That piece is not what should be holding your cab to the frame.

 

[CSFJ]

Is it possible for a pressure plate to become seized? Or maybe new cab mounts?

If your cab is moving that much and that easily, you have some serious structural issues with your mounts. Until the cab is securely fastend to the frame again, the entire geometry of your clutch linkages will be constantly variable, and impossible to troubleshoot.

 

[crazy4offroad]

Looks like the rod that goes in the front of the rear wheel well to stiffen the bedside. Or the rod that goes from the t-case to the trans but looks too small to be that one.

 

[77scottsdale1]

If your cab is moving that much and that easily, you have some serious structural issues with your mounts. Until the cab is securely fastend to the frame again, the entire geometry of your clutch linkages will be constantly variable, and impossible to troubleshoot.

Ok thanks. I know the mounts are rusted out, and the original rubber is junk

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Is there a brace that goes from the booster to the firewall that helps keep that area due to the extra stress of a clutch? Seams logical to me being it's shaped the way it is. But I'm no manual expert.

 

[77scottsdale1]

Is there a brace that goes from the booster to the firewall that helps keep that area due to the extra stress of a clutch? Seams logical to me being it's shaped the way it is. But I'm no manual expert.

That's what I was thinking. I built a bracket for it today to just try

 

[chengny]

I need to know what this is. It bolts up on the cab and looks like it runs to the frame. I cant find anything that it could hook up to and it looks like my cab is bobbing up and down when I press my clutch pedal in because it's not tying the cab and frame together.


Looks kind of like a badly mangled strut that runs from the bottom of the flywheel/flexplate cover to the bracket that is sandwiched between the engine block and clamshell?

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[RustyPile]

Ok thanks. I know the mounts are rusted out, and the original rubber is junk

You can take this advice for what it's worth.. If the simple act of depressing the clutch pedal causes the cab to shift position, you have some really serious structural problems.. Turning a corner or an impact could cause complete separation of the cab on it's mounts.. My best advice is to quit driving your truck and make repairs..

 

[77scottsdale1]

You can take this advice for what it's worth.. If the simple act of depressing the clutch pedal causes the cab to shift position, you have some really serious structural problems.. Turning a corner or an impact could cause complete separation of the cab on it's mounts.. My best advice is to quit driving your truck and make repairs..

See the truck hasn't been on the road in nearly 15 years. I've never figured the issue with the clutch out. I have never driven the truck either. I'm just trying to get Otto depress the pressure plate. If it doesn't I'm going to buy a new clutch. I just want it to be able to drive in the winter for an off-road toy.

 

[MrMarty51]

See the truck hasn't been on the road in nearly 15 years. I've never figured the issue with the clutch out. I have never driven the truck either. I'm just trying to get Otto depress the pressure plate. If it doesn't I'm going to buy a new clutch. I just want it to be able to drive in the winter for an off-road toy.

Be a good idea to get the cab secured before getting into too rough a stuff wit the truck.

 

[RustyPile]

See the truck hasn't been on the road in nearly 15 years. I've never figured the issue with the clutch out. I have never driven the truck either. I'm just trying to get Otto depress the pressure plate. If it doesn't I'm going to buy a new clutch. I just want it to be able to drive in the winter for an off-road toy.

I have no idea what this means -- "I'm just trying to get Otto depress the pressure plate"???

Ordinarily, bad cab mounts don't present much of a problem.. But when they're so rusty and deteriorated so badly that the cab moves around.. If the cab moves with clutch pedal depression, it "kills" some of the linkage's ability to release the clutch.. Fix the cab mounts and I'll bet your clutch issue disappears...

If you'll permit me to use an analogy.. Suppose a truck has a broken motor mount.. Every time the truck accelerates, the engine "rears up" and the fan tears up the shroud.. A smaller diameter fan is not the solution.. Replace the motor mount and the fan no longer tears up the shroud...