Looking to check a few things out while I have the thing apart. For clutch spacing I believe I read that the space between shafts should be 10 1/2" mine is short of that by 1/16" is that enough to worry about? Do I need to purchase the $40 tool or can i just measure? has anyone adjusted it? is it somewhat easy?

Next question I hear all this talk about the need for a heavy duty dampener. Is this necessary? Has anyone been able to do it without spending $200 on the tool to hold the clutch while you put the required 290ft lbs on it?