Scott, sorry for the bad photos and not much explanation, never found the time to make it better.  I have a machine shop make a two step brass insert that replicates the boss on the bell housing that usually corrodes away that the clutch bracket sits on.  The inside diameter of that brass insert is the same as the original and therefor accepts the OEM plastic bushings.  In photos 3 & 4 you can clearly see this brass insert. 

On 2012-05-17, at 5:02 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> good call on the possible missing forward support rod on the clutch
> slave bracket.
> I find those missing sometimes.
> 
> I could not tell what 'you do about that mess' from your pictures.  Did
> not see any text that explains etc.

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
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