I slept on it and thought out several options to move the linkage “peg” up approximately 1”. I settled on my first thought... don’t be afraid to use a saws-all in situations like this. I don’t have a band saw, and I knew a cut-off wheel would be a little janky for this job, so I decided on my saws-all. Luckily I had new blades on hand. I used a small, sharp edged file to cut some little grooves for the blade to get started... Also, I decided I needed to keep as much of the supporting surface area around the peg to allow the plastic bushing and fork pushrod to function correctly.