Phil Martineau stopped by to help me take the canopy off (and deliver some -06 metal locking nuts) but by then I realized it was possible to remove that screw that holds the front of the strut without taking the canopy all the way off. Here's the process. 1) Remove the connecting hardware for the strut attachment to the fuselage (aka, the connection at the rear of the strut). This is done with the canopy open. 2) Lower the canopy, placing pillows or blankets or something (I use old, cut -up, camper mattress foam) underneath both side of the canopy frame at the midpoint. 3) Detach the two bolts (one on each side) holding the canopy/frame to the fuselage. 4) GENTLY pull the canopy/frame forward as it ride on the foam (or blankets or pillows, until you can lift one side high enough to get a screwdriver on that screw, then remove the locking nut and assorted hardware and remove the strut. Repeat for the other side. 5) GENTLY work the canopy/frame back until the frame-to-fuselage hole (aka, the most forward hole), lines up and reinstall the bolt and hardware. Simple, no? The one thing I noticed putting those two bolts back in, however, is the bushing callout. Now, I don't know if the canopy frame came without a bushing in the holes or whether that's where I pressed those bushings in. Or is the drawing referring to a bushing used as a spacer. It was five years ago. I vaguely recall using a socket set to press a bushing in place but I don't know if it was on this part or not. I ordered a couple of bushings anyway and I'll wait until I get this mystery solved before continuing. It would help to take a look at an RV-12.