clutch hub circlip/mainshaft question

1979 250wr - my clutch wouldn't disengage, so i pulled the cover. found the left side seal most likely blown out, the fluid was thin with gas...
clutch moved in and out when i pulled the lever, but i noticed the inner hub was not moving. i removed plates. the snapring on the mainshaft had some pre-load on it, and wouldn't come off. when i popped the circlip (yes it popped!), the main shaft retreated into the case about 1mm... now the shaft won't come back enough to put the inner hub back on with circlip.

the bike still shifts fine.

is this a bent shift fork? i can't see what else would pull the main shaft back... or am i missing something - can i shift it into a gear the pushes the front shift forks towards the left side? or am i gonna have to split the cases??

i think i gotta split the cases on this one - isn't the wet side seal non replaceable from the outside?

Steve,
As you already know-your my hero A story is as only good as the pictures of the story in ones head as the story is read=priceless!

Chapter two would be the stories candid and not candid by the spectators of that "occurance"

Scott