[Brockmeister]

Well as I posted earlier, I opted to have the IMS and all the goodies replaced this week. The clutch had worn down to the rivets and was not long for this world. There were grooves in the flywheel and it had separated a little bit from itself. The IMS bearing was still intact but it was only a matter of time before IT was a goner as well.
I inspected it, and there was indeed play in it. Mechanic said it only would have lasted about a couple thousand miles if that. If I had done what I usually do, which is wait until the clutch totally crapped out, I probably would've had an unuseable car that i was making payments on.