Please look at this clutch release bearing

[Wilbur]

I have a question for those who truly know clutch release bearings and how they should appear before being installed. I want to avoid the: "I don't know but..." type replies so please, no guess work, if you don't know thank you for your good intentions but please don't reply.

This is a brand new never used throw out bearing, also known as a clutch release bearing if I have the name correct, that goes onto the fork in the bell housing of my car.

I put two red arrows pointing to the extremes of where the gaps differ, do you see how it is off center?

Is this an issue?

I looked at a new one at O'Reilly's and it too is way off center, even more so than this one in the photo.

So I called NAPA and they looked at two of these bearings, high quality manufacture, twice the price of those at O'Reilly's and theirs too are off center.

Are they supposed to be off center? Four different clutch release bearings from three different manufacturer's and they're all off center.