The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk 1937 chevy half ton pickup

need to buy linkage between clutch lever to clutch pedal. Also see a diagram of this.

The linkage you need is a oval loop chain available at any hardware store.

This is my '38. Should be the same.

My chain has a specially shaped link on at least one end. I can't remember why but it works.

Tiny, thank you so much for posting this photo. I’ve been trying to figure out how the chain hooked up.

You are correct, there is an end piece that goes on the clutch pedal (I think) that is shaped differently. I used a link of the chain and reshaped it to work on the pedal.

Thanks for sending this. How does the clutch chain attach to the lever. Is there a fitting or two that makes the connection ? Can you send me a picture of how this is done? I am getting close to putting this machine on the road. It will be a beauty. Painted the original blue with black fenders. Looking forward to the ride.
Truman

The chain loop at one end slips on the clutch lever. The other end of the chain slips on the hook at the bottom of the clutch pedal. Very antiquated.

Originally the 37 pickup had a completely different clutch design with a different fork and graphite throw out bearing compared to post 1940 trucks. The attached picture is the end of the clutch pedal. The clutch fork has a round rod going through the smaller hole at the end, held in place by clips or cotter keys. The large hole is for the pedal bracket shaft.There is no hook or chain. The clutch free play is adjusted by setting the adjusting bolt shown in the picture.
Over time different parts may have been substituted, of course so I don't know what the OP started with. The original 37 bellhousing puts the clutch fork ball closer to the axis of the driveline by about 1/2 inch, compared to later bellhousings. The stomp starter is also designed differently so using a later engine with the later clutch is problematic. My truck has a 40 216 with the later clutch design, so we had to shorten the fork by cutting and rewelding to keep the original clutch pedal and stomp starter.

If this is the case with yours, Truman - forgive me. I thought mine was original! I am sorry.

This is a picture out of one of the old MOTOR MANUALS that "might" help shed some light on the subject. Just adding this for information but appears it covers several years......and for 37 may pretty much cover the car and truck???


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n...d70q8vEpzuOPp0FlsCzGTUAvk4_=w610-h840-no