Like Paul Harvey says- - - - -"The rest of the story"! No wonder you're having problems! The clutch disc has probably rusted to the flywheel a little, and as soon as you start getting some driving load on it, the problem will clear up. It won't take long to shine up the mating surfaces so the clutch disc can stop dragging on the flywheel and the pressure plate.

The next time you need to remove a pilot bushing, use a 5/8" tap and thread the hole in the bronze bushing, then screw a bolt into it. When it bottoms out, keep turning and the bolt threads will force the bushing out.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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