I would see no reason to tighten it up. As long as you use the teflon sleved throw out bearing the friction of it moving along the clutch is minimal. It doesn't move that far any way. John -----Original Message----- From: at88mph [mailto:at88mph@xxxx] Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 11:20 AM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] clutch fork broken? > John, > > Thanks alot for those pics! That really helped. We haven't installed the > bearing/fork yet, but I'm willing to bet that when we do, when the > fork/bearing slide back, the one side that doesn't have anything holding it > to the fork will be out or in a bind so to speak as it fits loose on the > fork. Should I take a pair of pliers and try to close the bearing brackets > slightly so it'll fit more snug on the fork or is it supposed to be loose > like that? > > Thanks again for the info and help!