86 5.0L

ok this if f*cking ridicules, a simple quadrant install turned into an 8hour fight with what seemed a possessed mustang [:@] first this is my 2nd install of said quadrant, now heres the fun part, the part where you press the pedal to the floor and slide off the smaller, plastic part of the stock quadrant/pawl system just wont slide off, theres a bracket(looks like it supports everything) right next to the steel pin which the stuck quadrant rides on so theres no space to get it off, now, I got the idea to remove the clutch pedal to slide the steel pin more to the left to gain some space, THAT didnt work, now the pedal wont go back on [:@] its suppose to sit secure on the pin with a square-shaped section but IT JUST WONT GO ON [:@]

the first time I did this(on my old 5.0) there wasnt so much wires and brackets blocking everything

Vader87

Hopefully after all that trouble you are installing an aluminum quadrant right?

86 5.0L

yes lol, a Steeda quadrant and firewall adjuster[8D]

I guess I'll stick a crowbar in there tomorrow, being 6'1" 200Lbs doesnt help, ARGH those damn seat studs are still dug in my back [:@][:@][:@][:@]

OnyxCobra

Damn, that sucks. Wanna do mine for me?

Vader87

lol Those were the days, been there done that!

89GTdude

The last one I did I just broke the pos plastic quadrant out, I think that damn thing is one of the hardest things on my entire car to get to andmy back hurt after all 3 that I have put in.

86 5.0L

yeah after reading around on FEP.com, seems the best method is to use a prying action with a good crowbar[:@]

85GTsleeper

hahahahaha!! same **** lol.. but i decided i could get away with the plastic **** still but right when i bought the new cable the quadrant snapped and the pawl teeth completely shaved off lol. the stang is just sitting there until my paycheck tomorrow so i can buy a new quad.

AdderMk2

only took me half an hour to change mine AND my cable

00limited7

I posted this awhile back. I just cut and pasted it from the old post.


I had a hard time getting the little spring loaded racheting gear off of the top pin. There isn't enough room to slide it off the shaft. Too many brackets in the way.So I disconnected the clutch cable and pulled it out. Then I put a BFB (big frigging brick) on the clutch pedal to hold it to the floor. This raised it to where it was lined up to the hole for the clutch cable in the firewall. Then I used a BFS ( big frigging screwdriver) to hammer on the plastic gear at the center point of the shaft. After repeated blows and a lot of cussing it broke off of the shaft. The rest was a cake walk. If your putting a new adjustable cable in I had to trim the four nubs off of the new cable to get it to fit into my new firewall adjuster. That information wasn't in the instructions I got with the UPR three piece quadrant kit.

Good luck,
Roger