Although I'm still waiting for some critical pieces to be machined by Pierre, I was able to assemble everything for the landing gear as though I did have the missing pieces. There's a critical pin that connects the pitman arm to the link that connects to the landing gear. I'm hopeful that Pierre will have it done within another week. Instead, I mounted the link to the crank arm with a wooden dowel and held it in place with screws and oversized washers on either end. This allowed me to cycle through the landing gear by rotating the input shaft to the landing gear gearbox. I also identified the direction that the torque shaft will turn during operation. (Top will move forward, towards the leading edge of the wing, similar in direction to reducing the throttle on a motorcycle). This identified the direction the crank arm will move (counterclockwise).
By rotating through full travel operated by the gearbox allowed me to see full travel and all clearances required. Everything looks good, even with the nylon sleeves mounted around the springs. After I'd cycled things I spent some time to clean the nylon sleeves. They had dirt on them that had been there for 40+ years. I should have done it previously but I didn't realize how dirty they were until I grabbed them for the test fit.
I was also able to turn the AN5-80A bolt around such that the head was in the wheel well bay. I wouldn't have been able to remove it the other way, once the skin was on.