Brian, the innards of your clutch are very different than that of a regular series 30 . Couple of questions. Did you find a video for your style of clutch? Your engine is called a GY6 and I am going to assume they all have the same kind of clutch. Put that in your search GY6. Also do you have a source for clutch parts?
I have a 40 series clutch ( bigger clutch for a bigger engine ) on one of my karts and inside it is more one yours. It has rollers that fit in a channel similar to yours and the principal is with increased rpm the rollers are forced outward pushing on the angled sheave forcing it to close, thus increasing the diameter and changing the gear ratio. RLS Underground seems like a pretty sharp fellow, but
I don't know why the rollers would have flat spots on them. That would seem like a cause for them to stick. Important. Do all the flat spots look identical, like they were manufactured or machined that way, or do they look random and caused by wear. Also if you were to find a video on this style of clutch I would think it should address that issue.