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Scirocco wrote: How do you know the push rod is bent?
How much was the rod bent and how was the rod bent ? Maybe he could be straighten. Take a picture from the clutch push rod.

Don't know how it happened, but I know it's bent because when I'd turned the rod it was quite obvious. So, can I pull the rod out? It feels like it'll pull straight out. I can have my buddy's machine shop straighten it out.

In the picture, the collar is all I need yet, goes with the shift detent system and/or neutral detent levers, ..I believe they both pivot on the bolt with collar, and a spring keeps the tension on both levers.