Oh, it was just stuffed in there... wasn't on the pivot ball...though oddly enough it was hooked up to the clutch slave cylinder... I can slip the fork onto the bearing from underneath, so i know it will go on there, but it will not go on when i try to put it in where it belongs... i think the bearing needs to pivot a little to seat on the fork, which it cannot do with the tranny input shaft sticking through it.... i just really don't wanna have to pull the tranny to fix this...my shoulder is killing me....