Mine was the same as your new rod, 2003 bike, stops the shaft spinning, locates in the slave cylinder.
Yes but it won't find in my slave cylinder.... There is no notch, neither is there on after market versions... Do you have a picture by chance?
No pictures sorry, was years ago, you could possibly tap that roll pin out of the new shaft. On the parts picture it shows no roll pin in the shaft? Perhaps you have got the wrong part? I may have been thinking of my 1200 Multi, sorry for the confusion.
will LIQUI MOLY LM 48 do for packing the bearing? it's equivalent to Ducati assembly paste? what do mechanics normally used for this bearing?