clutch fixing

[bludclot]

hello all

my clutch has not been right since i've had this bike. i adjusted the cable (at 21k) and this improved matters no end but last time out on the bike i had to hold the lever right to the bar to keep the bike still while in gear. only half a mil out and the bike started creeping forward. bike has 22k on the clock.

having read up on here it seems several others have been along this road and there's a plug in the main clutch shaft that comes out and needs putting back in. towards this i removed the outer casing, springs, outer plate and all the inner plates today. i have not found a plug loose inside however.

i've never been inside a bike clutch before so my questions might be basic...

is this the plug that i'm looking for - in the end of the shaft in its correct place? (red arrowed)



or do i have to remove more parts?

my haynes manual tells me that i have a lot of measuring to do now, any recommendations for a cheap but good vernier caliper?

work is a bit thin on the ground right now so i don't have any spare money to pay anyone for this, hence diving in myself into what, for me, is uncharted waters.