[RipNC]

1Hwy,
Sort of. Yes it is too thin but also caused by adjustment issue - if the inner arm sits too high when the slide is closed it will not make good contact with the gear pack and skip teeth. The arm being to high also pushes up on the (too thin) out arm and causes it to crown and makes skipping more likely.

Randy,

Today's call suggested adding a plate with proper hole spacing over the wear guide nubs and then installing the service assembly. HOWEVER, field measuring the service assembly I realized that even with the bolts cut it isn't going to over the outer arm (much less after adding another 1/4" plate). The center of gear pack bolt to top of outer arm is 4" and max clearance in service assembly is less than that (even with the nuts on the wrong side of the bracket - should be inside the bracket - see photos: