No need to overcomplicate, take out 2 shims, slide it all together, measure overall. Should measure approx 2.182, exactly what the car came new with. Pull the arm off the cross shaft, set it 12 o'clock straight up (if it's not already) or even one notch to the rear it'll still work. Either way you're good to go. From there set up the slave.
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