Hi Festing,

Yes the part I am referring to is that black plastic component . The notches on the side are there to accommodate the clutch fork and thus stop the pad from rotating. It's just showing a bit of heat stress.

Yes the clutch half is a fraction to far away from the side of the engine casting. all you need to do is loosen the two square headed set screws and slide the body towards the engine so that there's about a 2 to 3 mm gap between and then adjust the clutch fork accordingly as you did previously.

Also remember that when the clutch is engaged (driving Cutter Reel) that you should have a small amount of free play between the fork and thrust pad so that there's no actual residual pressure on the 3 components involved (Clutch Cone, Thrust Pad and Clutch Fork)

I'm glad you've felt a sense of achievement as it's always good to be able to learn something new and understand its fundamentals.

Cheers,
BB

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