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The clearance spec is how deep the flexplate tooth extends into the starter motor pinion. The bare minimum should be 0.040 inch. In the event the clearance is just too limited, a shim will improve this clearance. As you stated, a shim did not enable so we will presume the clearance is abnormal—which we will assume is at the very least 0.one hundr