my evo winter 08/09 teardown!

LOL:

Then yours is wrong too.

What it should look like:
http://www.muellerized.com/images/garage_sale/quarter_master_twin_disc_clutch_evo89_big.jpg

What it looked like in his car:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/justalilskater69/clutch/P5270016.jpg

That is 100% WRONG.

And i’m sure that all this damage came from someone “messing” with it…
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/justalilskater69/clutch/P5280026.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/justalilskater69/clutch/P5280027.jpg

I saw it with my own 2 eyes. The car was DEFINITELY driven with the forks free from the flywheel. The smash marks match up perfectly.

If yours is that way, you should fix it before you trash your trans input shaft.