clutch pedal binding?

After lowering the Hemi about 2" (as far as I could without major disassembly) I was able to slide the trans w/ GV od unit rearward about 5-1/2" before it would not go any further but still needed at least another inch to get the throw-out bearing off, so I decided to do the best I could with what I had.

Upon close inspection I noticed the input bearing housing had some light rub marks which I polished off with Scotchbrite. Then I smeared on a lite coating of never-seize. As I started to re-assemble, I could get at an angle where I noticed the top of the throw-out bearing was NOT clipped on the clutch arm. I'm not 100% sure if I did not knock it off during disassembly or inspection, but no more sticky.

My thinking the sticky was caused by the unclipped throw-out bearing......next time, if there is one, I might have to use a mirror to verify the throw-out bearing is 100% on.

Thanks for all the input,
Denny