Originally Posted by D1andonlyDman

Again, where in what I posted did you ever come to the misguided conclusion that I have never shimmed a hub for clearance on a frame, but for your failure in reading comprehension? I've done it on numerous bikes, including one that I currently ride, and one that is a current project I'm building up from a dumpster-saved frame and spare parts. It's obvious you mistook my post for that of the OP. I was merely telling the OP that washers which would serve that purpose just fine could be gotten at any Home Depot for well under a dollar. The actual date of my becoming a mechanic and the timing of the 25 year hiatus was irrelevant, which is why it was not specified.

And the grammar that I have has taken me toward a successful career with a comfortable retirement upon cashing out in my mid-forties a decade ago. Hint, it wasn't from a career as a bike mechanic - that was a part time job for a local bike shop during high school, and a subsequent unpaid avocation whilst on my college cycling team.