I filed off the end of one and ran a die down it to accept the thread of a
fork end from some old aeroplane parts. Got it brazed up. Works even now
after 5+ years. 948 forks are different due to the pivot point being spaced
differently between the cylinder and the release bearing. Swapped a handful
of mine last week for a new copy of the Stapleton book (very good). Morris
Minor (RHD, don't know about LHD) arms are the correct length but you'll
need to do the brazing thing to them as they have the different outer end.
----- Original Message -----
From Eddie Sheffield <esheffield at prizmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 21 May 2001 04:10
Subject: Looking for a part
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm looking for a part. Specifically, the clutch fork for a ribcase in a
> 1971 Midget (1275). Mine has a lot of play, and the end attaching to the
> slave pushrod is pretty enlongated and looks as through it has been welded
> up and redrilled once before. Might be salvagable, but right now I'm not
> even sure where I'll be able to do a clutch job, but I know I'll have to
do
> it as quickly as possible wherever I end up and I want to have all the
parts
> ready to go back in as quickly as possible. So does anybody have a good
one
> they would be willing to part with? Moss has them, but they're $75 so if I
> can get a good used one, that would be great. I'll probably replace the
main
> pivot bushing regardless, so wear there isn't a big concern. There's one
on
> eBay, but it's from a 948 and the Moss and VB catalogs list the same one
for
> the 1098 and 1275, but none for the 948, so I take it the fork is
different?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eddie
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