Re: clutch fork clip broke: Any suggestions?

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx>]

When we were changing Jim Reeve's clutch at my house last week, he 
replaced the fork with a brand new one from Grady. Not cheap, but 
available. 

Given that.....

IMO the clip really serves no useful function once the trans is in 
the car. It is there to hold the fork in place during installation, 
and he helps slightly keeping the rubber boot in place. Once it's all 
together the fork cannot fall off the pivot. (If it could, that 
cheesy little clip wouldn't hold it in place!) Just hold the fork in 
place with a well-placed zip-tie, install the trans, and then cut and 
remove the zip-tie.

More important is the rubber grease boot that goes around the pivot 
ball - THAT should be there to keep the grease in place as long as 
possible. 

Dave Swingle

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Me" <at88mph@xxxx> wrote:
> Welp, we were working on the tranny and installing the clutch fork 
but the
> clip broke on it. I am going to see if I can have it welded back 
together
> but was wondering if this ever happened to anyone else and, if so, 
how did
> you go about fixing it? I've heard this is a common problem of them
> breaking however, this part is no longer available..