John Deere A model clutch

I just got my '46 John Deere A Slant Dash a couple of weeks ago. It's in great shape except for some minor wear problems. I thought the radiator cap flange was gonna be a bear to replace but that went very well, didn't even have to remove the hood. I thought the clutch brake assembly would be easy to remove but it's turning out to be a bear. I need these things disassembled so I can repair a lot of slop in everything. I got the clutch lever and all the linkages disconnected (not easy)and took the 4 bolts out of the clutch fork housing (John Deere calls it the fork bearing). I thought it would come right out. It seems the fork and collar assembly are attached to the disk (the thing between the two facings. Do I have to disassemble the clutch assembly to get the fork off the disk? Thanks

After looking at the exploded view in the shop manual again it seems I was wrong about where the clutch fork attached. It appears it may attach to the operating sleeve. If so then it appears that the clutch assembly would have to be removed to disconnect the fork from the operating sleeve. Is that correct? Thanks.

Need to remove drive disc, slide pulley outbound slightly and fork will slide out. Remember to reinsert fork before reinstalling drive disc, otherwise will need to remove again.

(quoted from post at 18:17:32 03/17/18) Need to remove drive disc, slide pulley outbound slightly and fork will slide out. Remember to reinsert fork before reinstalling drive disc, otherwise will need to remove again.

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hank you for the response and thank you for clearing that up for me.

More clutch problems. Got everything apart. It was really stuck on the crank. My puller was bending near the breaking point. Heated it and when it got up to around 200 degrees it came flying out like it was shot out of a cannon, hit the tire and dropped to the floor. The bearing appears to not be in where it should be. It's flush with the edge of the pulley. The bearing retainer was loose and just flopping around. I'm guessing that the bearing retainer is supposed to be installed with the open side in and should be flush with the surrounding area pushing the bearing in farther than it is now. (I downloaded a photo, hope it comes through). Also. It appears that the area behind the clutch assembly would get engine oil out of the main bearing for lubrication and drain back into the crankcase. It also appears that it would get oil from the transmission, but that would wind up in the engine too, so which is it? Among other things the clutch pulley has a crack in the clutch facing area that goes to the sleeve drive pin. The pin is loose and the sleeve rotates back and forth about an eight of an inch. Not sure how to fix this short of finding better parts. Any one have any thoughts on all of this? Thanks.....Art

Up above I meant that the bearing retainer seems like it should go in with the open side out.

Trying to down load the photo again.