Yea i fixed mines by just getting a washer i had laying around here. increased the spacing by a small amount. and i mean a very small amount. I was also having problems with the spacing thinking it was too much because it would disengage at high RPM's. Turned out there was rust build up where the plate face and compressor would meet. clean that up and and now it's working great. Theres 3 shims, a very thin (paper thin), a fatter one and a "fatso" shim. I managed to lose the paper thin as i was mixing and matching them up with the washer to get the perfect spacing. I want to make it clear that it fixed the scraping noise when it's off. But the other noise it makes when it's on (the whine) is still there. Taking off the bolt in the middle of the face plate was a pain. I had to buy an electric impact ratchet by ingersoll rand to take it off. ONE THING!, dont tighten the bolt with the ratchet as mines broke off the head which left the rest inside the thread. Lucky it wasnt tight. i was able to get it off with my index finger lmao. Bolt only needs 9-lb to tighten.Just get a normal ractchet to tighten I got this number from the 2004 maxima service manual. Infiniti doesnt give you the number in their manuals, bastards.