My Tick adjustable MC linkage rod is not perpendicular to my clutch pedal pin

dannyual777 — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:14:45 GMT

Car: 1987 IROC Z, LS427/570, Tremec T56 Magnum F swapped
Pedals: 4th gen F body pedals
Adjustable Clutch Master Cylinder Kit for 1998-02 Camaro & Firebird LS1

The car was originally a 350TPI, automatic car. I purchased a drill/hole cut aluminum templet off of a seller on eBay. I drilled and cut the holes to place my Tick clutch master cylinder. The MC seems to be in the correct location and in the engine bay under the brake booster, it is probably 1/16" away from touching the driver's side strut tower. There is no way the master can be moved further to the left.

Here are some pictures showing the angle that I'm dealing with:

You can see the clutch MC rod in the center of the picture. It's easy to notice that it is not perpendicular to the mounting pin sticking out of the side of the clutch pedal. Pushing on the clutch pedal puts a lot of side force on that small locking clip.

With the laser line, you can notice that if the mounting pin were on the other side of the clutch pedal, it would probably be perfect. Unfortunately, the brake pedal's mounting pin looks like it might rub against the clutch pedal rod.

When I push on the clutch pedal with my hand, there is a lot of sideways force pushing against the thin metal locking clip at the end of the pin. I'm worried that I'm going to break that thin metal locking clip. Probably in rush hour traffic, in downtown Houston when it's 100F outside!

I called Tick Performance and they suggested that I cut off the mounting pin, drill a hole through the pedal and install an appropriate sized shoulder bolt on the opposite side to get the rod perpendicular. I can do that but it looks like my clutch MC rod will probably be rubbing against the brake pedal pin :bang: . Maybe not but it looks like it will.

Do you think that maybe I should've just used the 3rd gen pedal assembly? From what I understand, the 3rd gen pedal assembly's clutch pedal pin is in the wrong location and must be removed and welded in the correct position to use this adjustable clutch master cylinder assembly.

5th gear grinding in my t56

juds99 — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:28:24 GMT

I just bought a 1999 Camaro z28 LS1 w/a T56. I have had it for exactly a week now and all of the gears were as smooth as butter until today. I took it to town and when I shift into fifth gear it grinds, pretty badly too. I have done some research on the problem and everything is pointing to the fifth gear synchro. I thought about the transmission fluid but I read that that does nothing, and if it does fix the grinding it is temporary. if anybody has any kind of information to help me troubleshoot the problem, or any directions that I should go down to fix this, please inform me. am i going to have to get my T56 rebuilt??!! :bomb:

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My Tick adjustable MC linkage rod is not perpendicular to my clutch pedal pin

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