His freeplay and clearance between the face of the throwout bearing are in good order, and he can see the bearing drive the fingers forward and see the fingers pull back when the pedal is released.
The disc was off the tractor in the short time he had it apart, so I'm doubting that it is stuck to to either the flywheel or the pressure plate.
The tractor moves when he bumps the starter while in gear with the clutch pedal depressed, so we ruled out the pilot bushing just making it hard to put in gear.
I'm down to three thoughts right now, the first two of them kinda out there.
1) burrs or a ridge on either the shaft or the disc keeping the disc from floating free.
2) Kevin has a new clutch because the fingers got ripped off the old one when the fork and maybe the rod that drives it got out of alignment and the tip of the rod sheared off the fingers on the cover. He has that straightened out so I'm wondering if a little better centering of the fork on the dowel that holds it in place might make the difference. I don't know how much clearance a dclutch disc neds to disengage. Is it as fine as the little bit that pads back off of automotive brake rotors?
3) It may be that he got the fork straightened out side to side, but that it is bent fore and aft like a lot of them are, so that he's at the end of his adjustment, but lacking just enough to keep from disengaging the clutch. (I'm likin' this last one best -- didn't come up with it while we were on the phone.)
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