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No ideas on the screw. Check with a starter shop or auto parts store if you buy a new solinoid. These things are pretty standard and are the same on lots of big diesels. Will probab;y cost a lot less than a surplus dealer.
Some how it is not making contact inside the solinoid to turn the starter. the disk you cleaned up is suppossed to do that. If the click is a heavy thud then the starter drive is enguaging but no contact for the starter motor. In my experence once one sticks it is better to replace it rather...