first thing, not sure that milling the basket is a good idea. depending on how much you took off those plates have too much room to move in the basket and can shatter causing alot more problems...
second thing, you will not always get your clutch to adjust correctly by the clymers manual. Mine i just have to set everything up and put the pressure plate on without the springs and screwws. turn the adjuster in until i feel it hit the rod/ball, then back it out 1/4 turn. I cant use the arrows at all for referance. so dont live off those arrows. Sometime you just have to know your clutch and how it likes to be set