Well - there was enough room for the shim and still needs another 1/8 of an inch of shim.......The lower bracket is cast iron & there is no way to elongate the holes to inch it forward.... I just don't understand how something that is so simple, turned out to be such a problem....Just wish I could find a picture of how it looked when it was new....I now have the correct water pump pulley..I think...the space between the water pump pulley & harmonic balancer is about 1/4 inch - Should it be so close?