Is this pressure plate warped? And do I need a new one?

[joshuaho96]

Pretty simple question. I was about to put the transmission back in and thought I pretty much had it lined up when I noticed it seems like the pressure plate isn't flat. I was pretty careful when undoing the bolts both during initial disassembly for cleaning and when torquing them up for installation so this is pretty discouraging. I'm not sure if I accidentally bumped the pressure plate with the input shaft and bent it somehow or if it just showed up this way. Is it possible that there's just something obvious I'm not doing correctly? I'm pretty sure I was extremely careful to make sure the friction discs were seated correctly in the hub, everything lined up, flywheel torqued according to sequence, the little springs all sitting correctly in their seats, etc. 

What's the play here? Do I jump straight to a new pressure plate?

[GTSBoy]

I was going to say, "What am I looking at?"....then I saw it.

Um.... dismantle and have a look? I've not seen that before. Looks broken.

[joshuaho96]

8 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

I was going to say, "What am I looking at?"....then I saw it.

Um.... dismantle and have a look? I've not seen that before. Looks broken.

The instructions mention making sure the pressure plate is even/flat but doesn't really mention the possible causes of the pressure plate being warped like this.

[MBS206]

Normally fingers bent or broken will cause the above.

Has this pressure plate been used before? Was the gearbox left hanging from the clutch while removing the gearbox?

[joshuaho96]

24 minutes ago, MBS206 said:

Normally fingers bent or broken will cause the above.

Has this pressure plate been used before? Was the gearbox left hanging from the clutch while removing the gearbox?

This is brand new. It's possible the input shaft hung up on the pressure plate while trying to wrestle the transmission into position, I wasn't up at the front of the bellhousing to monitor exactly what happened. 

[r32-25t]

Looks stuffed and I’d say it’s an installation error, better grab that wallet out