Thanks for the feedback, I’ll look into the shimming / preload, and fully bleeding with a vac tool, now just a waiting game for getting my RST rebuilt!
Several months ago I had had a shop replace the clutch of my stock 2009 GT500 with a McLeod RST. Just had it pulled due to dragging and it is toast (see picture). Seeking some feedback on what most likely caused this failure - improper install by the shop, faulty RST, or something else. So...