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Old 09-01-2019, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by krisr View Post
Shimming it will move the starter downward away from the ring gear, opening up the clearance even more. If the gear has excessive backlash/clearance with no shims then you might need to get the aluminium adapter block milled and shim it back down for the right clearance.

As for preferred testing method, same as TomV & use a paperclip here.
X2 on that recommendation. A good machine shop could mill that so that you could use shims.

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