Has Anyone Seen Clutch Forks Attached To The Clutch Shaft Like This???

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Has Anyone Seen Clutch Forks Attached To The Clutch Shaft Like This???
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Loso St Joseph, MN on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 09:04 pm:

I opened up this starter hogshead today and inside I found the clutch forks put on with bolts and safety wired. The forks are split, so the bolt pinches them onto the shaft. The shaft also extends outside the hogshead and is exposed. The Low Speed adjuster was also different in that the head was square and took a half inch wrench to loosen it up. Was this a Ford experiment or an aftermarket band-aid repair? In case you are wondering this was bolted onto a 13 engine.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Loso St Joseph, MN on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 09:05 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Loso St Joseph, MN on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 09:06 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Leon Parker on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 09:07 pm:

This was used on the 1912 Hogs head.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 09:10 pm:

Andy, any parts marked with Ford script? I know Henry didn't mark every part, but I think some of those parts were marked on the "normal" hogsheads. I'm guessing aftermarket, but only a WAG. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Loso St Joseph, MN on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 09:54 pm:

So someone switched the parts into this later hogshead?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 10:03 pm:

Don't think Ford ever made the brackets like that. I like the idea. Would make it easy to change the yoke and to add oil seal at the clutch shaft. I am guessing there are saddles in the shaft for the bolts.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Allan Richard Bennett on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 10:08 pm:

The early cars were set up like that. I don't know when they changed to the riveted type, but it could have been at the same time that the blind hole was introduced on the outer end of the clutch fork shaft. This is genuine Ford stuff.
Allan from down under.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Putnam, Bluffton, Ohio on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 10:13 pm:

They are original early parts.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:20 am:

Thanks for the correction. After doing a little checking looks like that style may have been used up to engine number 175000 around 1913. (Going by a 1919 parts catalog)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Monday, October 15, 2012 - 06:41 am:

Ford did not build their own transmissions prior to about 1914. You won't find Ford script on many early parts.


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