Ron,
The proper size socket (to fit the pilot bearing),an extension, and the laser in my right eye
, always worked for me.
You can keep the fork and TO bearing in place with a string of thin rubber bands (one end around the fork, the other end stretched around the flywheel). Adjust for height by stretching the uppermost rubber band over more or fewer teeth. When the gearbox is almost home, grab the string of rubber bands and fish out as much as you can, then break it off. Whatever rubber band material that remains behind, will be spit out when you start her up.
My bolts were a hair short too. but I was able to compress the pressure plate a little bit, to get them started.
Bill
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