Originally Posted by Toolguy

I prefer a yoke stretching tool to shims. You can pull the yoke, stretch it, and put it back without ever taking the cylinder apart. Additionally, you have a solid piece of steel for the cylinder to bear against, which I find to last longer than shims. The shims are only .002 or .004 thick, and when they wear out you have a bunch of shreds of shim stock floating around loose in there.