Yes remove the spacer. I had a debate at work about the rubber gasket, in our case wouldn’t freewheel with it on.
— looking at your pic it looks like a plastic shim. Is it hard plastic or flexible rubber?
It's very flexible, and its profile is round not flat...
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Yes remove the spacer. I had a debate at work about the rubber gasket, in our case wouldn’t freewheel with it on.
— looking at your pic it looks like a plastic shim. Is it hard plastic or flexible rubber?