I was putting a clutch in a 57 Chevy for a customer. He had bought the parts from Summit, which included a scattershield, flywheel, clutch, diaphragm pressure plate and short release bearing. The 57 was set up with original clutch linkage. I knew a 57 uses a long bearing. I told him the short bearing wasn't going to work. He said it's all supposed to work together, so I didn't argue and put it in and of course, it didn't work. So, he had to pay me to take it back apart and put in a long bearing which is now working. I don't know why the parts places are putting short bearings in with these clutch kits. I don't see how it can work without different geometry in the clutch fork and linkage.
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Steve F.
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