It sounds like you are saying, that with nothing connected to the arm it can only be moved to the front and that the throw out bearing is hitting the clutch fingers at that point. If that is the case, someone has most likely installed the wrong clutch pressure plate or throw out bearing.
Sorry,
Mike
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