Life was grand at that point, but when I tried to set the down stop at 20° down, the stop traveled a bit too far. I was surprised by this because the stop and the angle it hits are on the same assembly and from what I heard from other people, I was expecting I would have to file the stop to let it travel far enough. Instead I had to rivet on a .063” shim to stop the travel. Worked great.
With the elevator clamped to the fuselage and the up and down stops set, I drilled the piece in place. This led to my next adjustment. As can just be seen in the next two pictures, the holes in the lower cross member are too close to the angle. I could not even get a nut on them. The horizontal stabilizer has a starting position, and when setting the elevator up stop, you are allowed to move it forward or back from this position up to 1/16” of an inch. In my case, moving it aft just under a 1/16” worked perfectly. That movement and the positioning of this piece slightly forward caused this problem. The last two pictures show the piece after I drilled it out to make a copy.
