Is there some sorta trick for puttin this thing back in???

I installed a new clip and am ready to put it in the tranny and i can't get the thing to go in all the way.

Any hints, tips, ideas???

I live in Detroit, I couldn't give a **** how good my car is in the "twisties." "I could use a hundred people who don't know there is such a word as impossible." ~Henry Ford