JDG-369 clutch tool questions

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JDG-369 clutch tool questions

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The other day I was reading through the clutch alignment procedure for the Snowfires. I know the manual tells you to use the JDG-369 tool, but I noticed it mentions the center distance should be 274mm. Is this tool really noting more than a fancy tape measure that takes into account shaft diameters to automatically find the center of each shaft?

If that's the case I'm thinking a person could measure the outside edge of the clutch shaft and drive shaft (maybe with a 12" caliper) and subtract the appropriate amount from the measurement to account for finding the shaft centers.
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