Quote Originally Posted by Guy Mayers View Post
When you get round to fitting it get someone to check that the mechanism isn't being fouled by the clutch lever arm when the pedal is fully depressed. That's an issue we've seen on Hawks that's resolved by filing off the right angle corner in the bottom right of the picture above, also check the bracket that clamps onto this rod for fouling in any gear, I suspect that's what's caused a sideways load on the rod and caused the fracture/breakage.
Guy
So a progress report, I ended up with an unexpected twist on the above.

The new (to me) rod has the M8 bolt hole that's half way down something like 20mm further down the rod than the old one. That pushes the coupling bit well into the zone of the clutch arm, so attempting to select 2/4/rev collides.

I have a friend with a pillar drill, and I have an M8 tap and die set. Hopefully we can get it sorted tomorrow.