Manual Column Shift Rebuild

The precision on that paint.jpg annotation isnt the best, is the plastic ring like a flat shim that we see the square end of, and it lies flat and is 1/16" thick and plenty wide, or is it super thin and basically you cant see it, hence the arrow?
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