It's unlikely that you will get to the release bearing without removing the gear box from the car, there's not much space to pull it far enough back, & when you remove it you need to pull it off the locating dowels & rotate the box anti clockwise, before pulling it away from the engine so the diff housing clears the cross member. I would be tempted to fiddle around with it for a while to see if it will relocate on the bearing & pivot post. Can't remember if you can see much of it through the hole to relocate it ?
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