clutch wont engage with the clutch lever so I took the clutch cover off and started looking around. I noticed a little metal nubby sitting at the bottom of the case and upon inspection it may have come off the tip of the starter cam thus causing it not to engage. I looked it up and the only picture/description I can find is this dude's off the old style noi clutch plate which looks different, but he seems to have had the same problem.
https://www.mopedarmy.com/forums/read.php?6,2702612,2702795
little clutch piece
clutch cover
is that little nubby indeed off of that?
Also, anybody else had a problem with the replacement stock rings being waaaaaayyy too tight or maybe their cylinder being a little out of round? At first I thought I widened the intake too much and the rings were catching, but I drew lines in marker down the cylinder and the ring gaps aren't anywhere near the intake and there's plenty of bore around the intake. The reason I even realized I had this clutch problem is I was trying to check the compression on those weirdo rings.
thoughts? ideas? black magic trickery? (edited)
