79 Malibu- Stocker-Stick Shift

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by FED 387

heim ends are the only way to go also make up a piece of tubing to go from the Z bar to the fork and put left and right hand threads so you can use helms along with lock nuts--- makes adjusting so much easier PLUS no way that its going to fall out of the assembly---FED 387

Yep...or you could do it the dime rocket way and use a heavy duty wound spring between the little hole on the fork and one on the equalizer arm.
Never had one come off,..and this is back when we used the clutch for every gear ;-)