MP9 meshing clutch bell problems for a newbie

[martgifford]

Hi

I am just getting round to fitting a motor (alpha clubman engine) to an MP9 (tki3) and with no experience with doing this I was looking for advice

The trouble I have understanding is how do you make it align/mesh correctly.

Do I move the clutch bell away from the flywheel just enough with the clutch shoes making contact with the inside of the clutchbell

or

do i remove the factory fitted collet on the engine and shim this out moving the flywheel also towards the front to line up.

I really don't think its a good idea to remove the collet so I am reluctant to do this (and don't have a clue how to do this)

I want to set it up correctly first time so wondering what I am doing wrong when it comes to aligning the centre diff with the clutch bell

Thanks

Martin