Woodstock used to have such a clutch and at 40000 miles, was quite worn at the pivots, but ok at the lever joint. I drilled all the pivot points out to the next size of clevis pin (plenty of metal) and just with occasional oiling, was still looking good at 100000 miles when I sold the car.
So from my experience, perhaps no-one had oiled it at all. A little bit of looking after and a lever clutch should do a great many miles.
added, I think the clevis pin end is threaded, so adding one nut as per-photo enables one to lock nut a shaft into a fixed position.
Last edited by Martyn Culling; 10/07/15 01:13 PM. Reason: added a bit
