The way to have a full control of your car and to really feel the maneuvering mechanisms, your vehicle has to have a manual transmission and probably that is among the characteristic of the 1975-1976 Jeep CJ7. Manual transmission better known as the stick shift is a type of transmission that features a driver-operated clutch and a movable gear selector. As mentioned, the main feature of a vehicle like your Jeep CJ7 with manual transmission is the clutch. A vehicle clutch is a mechanism to transmit rotation of the wheels that can be engaged and disengaged. Since the operation of the clutch is done manually, the driver has the full control of the vehicle’s wheels. To make the clutch become fully functional clutch linkage should be maintained in its optimum working condition. A clutch linkage is composed mostly of mechanical components and sometimes hydraulic. It is an assembly of clutch pedal, rods and arms, or a cable. The main purpose of a clutch linkage such as the Crown Clutch Linkage is to transmit and multiply the force applied by the driver to the fork of the clutch pressure plate and transferring this force unto the vehicle’s wheels. Since the clutch linkage is composed of several parts, the drawback is that if any of these parts becomes defective the overall functionality is also affected. So don’t allow that your Jeep would suffer from a defective clutch linkage. Always make sure that it is equipped with a Crown Clutch Linkage 5360104K that you can order from us anytime of the day!