Well I was hearing a grind/ moan when I would let my clutch out slowly when starting from a stand still and could feel it in the clutch lever. Tore my clutch cover off to check it out and found the steel ball fused its self to the push rod, and who ever tore into it last justturned it around so that the ball was towards the shifter side of the engine and the end cap was just over the end of the rod up against the pressure plate. I removed the rod and took some vise grips, and clamped the vise grips onto the ball pretty good, and broke the ball off the end of the rod. and cleaned the end of the rod on a wire wheel on the bensh grinder then with some 200 grit sand paper and 600 grit sand paper to polish it up a bit. I flipped the rod around and used the side of the rod that would typically go against the clutch apply lever, towards the clutch pressure plate (how it already was on mine) I then went to Ace Hardware and bought a 1/4" bearing and a 5/16" bearing (the actual size is .27" which is directly between the 2 sizes) and compared them once I had all the parts together. The 1/4" bearing worked the best. the 5/16" would not slide in without force! so I didnt even try it. I just put the 1/4" ball in there and put it back together. so for you guys/ gals with the 86 style clutch push rod you can fix it to get you through with out spending $90 on parts that dont need replacing. Or you could even buy a new rod and this 1/4" bearing for cheap. easy as pie!
1986 clutch pushrod and ball repair
pro-fab
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