new starter question: shims

[mhorning]

So I figured out that my starter was definitely fried. I also found out that the wire to the starter had been cut and the previous owner has spliced in some pretty light guage wire. As a result, it tended to start hard once the wire heated up. So I bought a new starter today. It came with a set of shims. The shims are about four inches long. The directions show them spanning diagonally across the two holes in the starter. However, the Chevy manual shows two separate shims at two separte thicknesses. My question is what is the proper way and number of shims to include?The truck is an 86 K10.
Oh by the way, the old starter didn't have any shims in it. But I think that it probably should have. Let me know if I am wrong

Thanks for all of your help guys. I really do appreciate it.

Mike H

[rage'nrat638]

THERE ARE MANY IDEAS ON THIS...THIS IS THE KISS METHOD
install starter check gape between strarer gear and flexplate ring gear...you will have to pull the starter gear into the ring gear...
use a PAPER CLIP as a gage for the gap between the two...if bigger than the paper clip...use none
if smaller than the paper clip...install shim or shims to get that gap
HAPPY DRIVING...MARK