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[QUOTE=SGBARRACUDA; Am I making sense to you?
Yep, thanks, and I think I`ve read every install lit. including what you posted on the friggen interwebbie.
Yes that piece of shim was a part of the puzzle, but how it escaped from where it was at is beyond me, and how the remnants dissappeared.
The previous owner was into this thing big time, tell tale signs were chewed up nut, side adjusters, hanging chad/shim etc and overheated pinion bearings. I`ll getter figured out with the help of my fabo friends8)