Distributor drive gear reposition ?

Small block v8 engine -

Okay - I am able to set my timing at 35 degrees total but the distributor's vacuum adv is touching against the coil, with no more timing adjustment available. I want to move the distributor gear one or two teeth so that I move the distributors body clockwise away from the coil so the distributor is not touching the coils case.

If I am thinking about this correctly then I think I should pull the dist gear up part way and turn it counterclockwise in order to make this change, right ?