MBP Late 2009 Trackpad Problem

Hi,
I recently updated to Mountain Lion. During that process, I realised that the mechanical click on the trackpad is not working. At the end of the instalation, where it asks you to accept the terms and condiotns, I was trying to click on accept ,but with no avail. Just to be clear, it is pysically clicking (you can hear the ticks) but its not regestring the click. I dont know if the problem existed before the ML update or not, since I ve always been using the tap to click feature. I know it was working about a month ago as I had to boot into dignostic mode to do a disk repair, where tap to click is not operative. But wether the click broke down after that incident, or after the ML upgrade, I really dont know.
I am okay with the tap to click for, but the problem I know I will face is when I try to log in to diagonsitic mode, or even at the user switch screen, where tap to click is non operative.
I read about a similar problem with the battery bulging, but that prevented the clicking all together. But I think its not my case since the clicking is working, but its just not registering.
I currently reside outside the US, and there is no Apple technicians in my area. I was wondering if there is anything that I can do myself to take care of this issue. Your thoughts are highly appreciated..
Thanks
Kadi

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Any ideas?
Thank you in advance

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When I plug/unplug headphones it takes up to 1 min for the finder to respond again
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