Originally Posted by Ultramaroon (Post 3090599)

You mentioned the top plate alignment earlier so I skipped it. A couple people here ran into issues from neglecting that after installing a short shifter. If the previous owner was sloppy, I can imagine a marginal alignment causing trouble after thermal expansion, blah blah...

There's a procedure in the manual which involves feeler gauges but it's kind of overkill. The middle of the gates are easy enough to feel by hand.