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Originally Posted by ThunderCactus
when you've finished shimming the sector gear, put the screws in the mechbox, then press the air nozzle in. Should move in and out freely. If you're shimmed the sector gear too high, it'll jam up.
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Op I've taken the liberty of properly linking the image.
Based on where it snapped yes it is highly plausible (probably a bs stat of 99%) shimmed too high. Most of the time you don't even need to shim the tappet plate side of the sector gear because the sector gear presses against the tappet plate keeping the gear in place. Shimming too much will cause it to seize or in this case destroy the tappet plate.