Clutch fork length

Wow, thats a 2" difference in length. I dont know anything about early A's and that setup, but I do know brewers is on the money with their website. If you have a bunch of longer ones with correct ends, just cut one down and reweld it.

Heres how I would do it. Take one, scribe a nice straight lay line down the length of it, then cut 2" out of the middle and weld it back together. Theres a way to shorten it where it will be solid and you cannot tell it's ever been shortened. After the 2" is cut out of the center, grind both halves of the rod at the cut to 45° points to make a 90° V notch all around the rod. Then tightly clamp both halves with the lay line lined up with the points touching one another against the inside of the V on some thick aluminum angle, or steel angle with aluminum tape on it, and weld it back up. The angle is only a jig to keep it straight while welding it. Fill the notch with as much as you can, as far around as you can while its clamped in the jig. Once its cool, unclamp it from the angle, grind the excess weld flush, rotate the rod to expose the other side that needs to be welded re clamp it back into the jig, and weld the rest of it you couldent initially reach. You will completely fill the V notch all the way around. Then grind the excess weld off to make it level with the rest of the rod. This will keep it straight, make it solid and look as if it was never cut. I lengthened a 3/4 shift rod for a O/D trans this way but cut and added a piece of steel rod. Had to fill 2 90° V notches. Worked just fine.