65 Clutch adjusment problems

[Michael H.]

Re: 65 Clutch adjusment problems

Are you aware there is a minor controversy with respect to jam nut size and position on the upper clutch rod (either side of the swivel) ? '65 TIM&JG says both thin 1/4"; others say one side thin / other side thick. I've seen (perhaps) unmolested originals with your configuration (thin forward, thick towards firewall).

Yup, I agree Wayne. For 63 and 64, both nuts were the thin/jam nut design that you mentioned. (also called out in all of the 63-67 AIM's)
For 65, I think early cars still used the thin/thin configuration but a little ways into production, the upper, or rear nut, became a nut of conventional thickness. This continued through the 65 model.
Some time in late 65 or early 66 production, BOTH upper and lower nuts were of conventional thickness.

All of the 63-67 assembly manuals call for the thin (124829?) nuts for upper and lower locations but that's just not the way it happened in production/real life.