Question about Noise while releasing clutch

Journeyman said:

This is what we're trying to figure out. We'll see if it goes away once @Protonhound has replaced his clutch.

The best explanation in this thread, so far, is from @TheFALCON (appears to be no longer active here) who said.....
"the anti judder spring had made a deep groove into the steelplate which it is pressed against.
Then looking at the new set and checking the manual “there should not be a groove in any of the plates!!!”.

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Protonhound said:

I'm starting to think that the dealer actually never did anything other than taking the cover off. The mechanic there said he doesn't remember taking the center nut and whole clutch out which is apparently necessary according to the first shop I called. After removing the 3 tension bolts and plate it was obvious that the manual is correct.
I made a short video but it's too big to upload and I'm not spending 2hrs trying to make that work . Even short videos tell me it's the wrong format so pics it will be.

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