Sorry about the wait! I actually had the vehicle towed today to a shop that is going to take everything apart and look at it.
In the meantime I have my speculation and, while I had the vehicle I did mess around a bit with the fork and hydraulics. When tugging the fork back towards the slave, it did feel solid, and just as well pushing it forward seemed to create a solid contact between the TOB and pressure plate fingers.
I am unsure as to what exactly a solid feeling would appear to be, however there is no wiggle room left and right once the fork is moved forwards or back.
In other news, I removed the entirety of the clutch hydraulics, and took it to the shop for them to diagnose. However, they concluded that the system was fine and intact. I suppose we will have to await the removal of the transmission, and likely the inevitable thinning of my wallet.
