Clutch alignment tool

[DeeTurbo]

I use a Valeo one, came free with one of the clutches I did.

My Valeo kit didn't come with one

I cut the input shaft off a dead gearbox and put a handle on the end

I was thinking about this last night,

Bought a universal draper tool, never used it in the end and just got lucky getting the gearbox on!

I'm now thinking that the way I do it with a deep 3/8" socket isn't the best.

Is the alignment tool only to centralise the clutch plate to allow the input shaft to locate or does it actually centralise the plate for when it's in use?

By this I mean if the plate isn't smack in the middle will the plate spin on the piss?

I'm thinking when you press the clutch the pressure plate releases and the clutch plate will be floating, is that right?