there will be a slight angle to both, and the pieces do come very close to things - there are 'nubs' on the rod that sit on each side of the eye, is the 'L' too far into the eye? then there's the return spring missing in that pic, which will pull against the angle, and should be a nut on each side of the clutch fork too, maybe you just need to 'tighten up' the clutch adjustment?
Bill
