yes, i took it off, and it works fine that way. but i pulled the fork out, and checked everything. there is no issues that are apparent. could it just be that it is a heavey duty clutch. the previous owner told me it was
1. It is working but you are trying to over travel the clutch fork.
2. You have it set up wrong and you are pushing the TO bearing towards the trans not the clutch.
3. Something is wrong inside the bell-housing.