Thank you for the thoughts. I just bought the car so i don’t know the onset. Just noticed that reverse was a problem and then found it. The clutch doesn’t feel worn as it engages with the pedal well down in it’s travel. I don’t think I hear noise from the CRB, but it’s a straight cut box and noisy as well as new to me so perhaps I just don’t recognize it. I spoke to the original owner and builder. He told me that the assembly manual called for a hydraulic clutch for a LHD, as opposed to a cable for a RHD, but he had trouble with it and put in the cable. Could it have something to do with that? Is the pedal position supposed to be determined entirely by the cable adjustment with no stops on either end of it’s travel? The return spring isn’t very stiff and it’s very easy to move the clutch pedal freely upwards. John, I’ve read your posts and blog about preload with an additional spring. This won’t solve my current problem but does it apply to my situation? The car is driveable, forward gears working fine with the arm hitting the bellhousing and reverse being a slight crunch. I’ve installed a pedal stop in the pedal box to limit full pedal down so I’ll know if it is getting worse. Thoughts on driving it like this or should it be engine out to investigate. What I can see of the arm does not look bent sorry for the long post and thanks again!