Clutch Assembly Pivot Arm - Pulling 300 and dropping in FE

truckjunky87 · Post by **truckjunky87** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:16 pm

OK I've pulled the 300 out of the truck over the weekend and I'm going to be dropping in a 352FE later this week. My question is what to do about the clutch arm pivot? There is a pivot that is bolted into the back of the 300. How does the FE do it? Anyone have any pictures of the clutch linkages and pivot with a FE?

NM5K · Post by **NM5K** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:55 pm

There are a couple of pix in the chiltons, but not for the FE...
It shows the 302, and the 360/390...Both of those use a pivot
mount assembly that bolts to the engine. There is a pix of the 302
version in the LMC catalogs. I imagine the FE mount is similar to those.
Probably has the pivot on it's own mount assembly, that bolts to the block, instead of just screwing it into the blocks like the sixes do.
MK

j41385 · Post by **j41385** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:02 am

360 and 390's are FE's.

332, 352, 360, 361, 390, 391, 406, 410, 427, and 428's are all in the FE family of engines.

willowbilly3 · Post by **willowbilly3** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:18 am

The pivot ball is on a bracket that bolts to the block with 2 bolts. You might be able to make one from a piece of angle iron if you can't find one.

truckjunky87 · Post by **truckjunky87** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:43 am

Thanks. I'll have to get creative since there aren't many of these trucks in the midwest. Anyone have a picture?

Docholiday72tx · Post by **Docholiday72tx** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:22 am

Here is a pivot bracket for an FE. This bracket came off of a 390.

NM5K · Post by **NM5K** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:47 am

360 and 390's are FE's. ....

I had 352 on the brain when I was thinking FE...I forgot about
the 360/390 being the same block. In that case, there is a pix
of that in the chiltons book...It's slightly different than the 302
version... MK

truckjunky87 · Post by **truckjunky87** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:11 pm

Thanks for the picture. My plan is to take some angle iron and make a bracket. I'll weld a nut on the back side. This way I can then take the screw-in pivot from the 300 and still have adjustment and still help in install.

Docholiday72tx · Post by **Docholiday72tx** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:27 pm

Truckjunky,
Wait!!!! I was half asleep and sent the wrong picture. That picture I sent earlier is the bracket that bolts to the frame. Here is the correct piece.
Actualy, this one is a spare that I have laying around. Are you interested in it?
Mike

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