Clutch sensor

[John Nechiporchik]

My Jerico has a RPM sensor collar installed on the cluster shaft.
I bought a new sensor for my Sportsman Racepak and found the magnet in the existing collar had the incorrect polarity. drilled out the old magnet and as I went to install the new one, the magnet got sucked into the hole on the collar and is attached (magnetically ) to the cluster shaft.
The result is the magnet is recessed exactly .100" below the collar surface and the instructions call for a max clearance from magnet to sensor at .100". As it sits now, I have .015 clearance between the surface of the collar and the sensor tip. This provides a total of .115 from sensor to magnet.
Will the sensor still function with .115" clearance?
The cap screws on the collar were ground down , apparently for rotational clearance, so simply removing the collar is not feasible.....without destroying the collar and getting a new one( which is an option).

Any thoughts on this issue ??

Thanks in advance,

John