[Spridgets] 1275 pressure plate question

[Marc]

Good Morning!

I got motivated to see what was making all that rattling racket from the 
transmission. The noise silences with just the slightest pressure on the 
clutch pedal So I pulled the motor and found that the hub in the center 
of the diaphragm springs (where the throwout bearing presses on) was 
loose and could rattle around. I made the brash assumption that this was 
the cause of the noise...

Can someone confirm that this hub should NOT be loose like that?

Seems like it could have been damaged by perhaps too much pushrod travel ?

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Marc