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You would not be able to drive it. Those keys is what moves the slider back and forth. If you have a synchronized tranny and you leave them out it will damage the gear and the slider assembly if it would even work at all.
That is correct the fork does move the slider but the keys inside the slider keep the blocker ring from spinning. Without the keys the blocker ring would just spin and would not function.