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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 09-29-2018, 08:57 PM

Did you mean an SM 465, the 4-speed-on-the-floor with compound [Granny] low?
[Actually they're from the Muncie Indiana plant.]
The spring clip that holds the clutch fork on the pivot ball is shaped like the Greek letter Omega.
It is not flat.
You want the open [top of omega] part about 10'o'clock or facing the inside or open claws of the fork...
You want the concave part facing you. Set it in the open socket of the clutch fork, so the wire body of the clip fits inside the groove. You can squeeze the 'ears' with needlenose pliers to set it in. Then bop it on the pivot ball with a dead-blow [orange,''clown''] hammer.
Should snap right in.

09-29-2018, 08:57 PM	#4
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,622	Re: Clutch fork pivot ball clip install Did you mean an SM 465, the 4-speed-on-the-floor with compound [Granny] low? [Actually they're from the Muncie Indiana plant.] The spring clip that holds the clutch fork on the pivot ball is shaped like the Greek letter Omega. It is not flat. You want the open [top of omega] part about 10'o'clock or facing the inside or open claws of the fork... You want the concave part facing you. Set it in the open socket of the clutch fork, so the wire body of the clip fits inside the groove. You can squeeze the 'ears' with needlenose pliers to set it in. Then bop it on the pivot ball with a dead-blow [orange,''clown''] hammer. Should snap right in. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.