Pushrod and ball fused together

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Hi,

I was disassembling my clutch and found the pushrod (20) and the ball (23) fused together. Also there was quite some wear on the pushrod 2 (22).

To get the ball from the pushod I had to put it in a vice and even then it was quite some work. Has anybody any idea what could have caused this?

Thanks!