Lost 3/4 of clutch peddle

You probably not a thing wrong... it's a royal ***** to get the thing in there and properly seated. If you have a aftermarket scattershield it is even worse than that. When I had the motor and transmission out and was putting everything together I zip tied the clutch fork back so that sucker would not slip off until I had the rods on installed to keep pressure on it ... then cut the zip tie.

I just got off the phone with a guy that knows about 4 speeds (more than me) and he said that it is practicaly impossible to seat the clutch fork in the bearing without removing the transmission. Is this really so?