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Cut some 5mm strips from the lid of a tin of beans or something. I used to have a shim like that above the right hand side of my rear axle on the Condor, before I bothered attacking the track ends with a file. (the frame was pissed - wheel skew-whiff between the seatstays - ask Sam...)
Coincidentally, I've just been at it again today, only this time to 'lengthen' the track ends, so that I can remove the wheel (with 14t/18t/22t sprockets) without resorting to a chaintool. I'm long past treating the bike with any deference.