With all the trim parts primed, I moved on to assembly of the entire trim mechanism. Riveted the smaller pieces to the mount bracket and then installed the trim bellcrank. Plans call for narrow spacer washers but it was a little tighter than I wanted. Plans suggest reducing the thickness of those washers so I put them on the belt sander. Not easy to thin up already thin washers but I did get a fit I was happy with.

Installed the trim servo and servo link. Plans call for AN960-4L washers on the link pins. I looked all through my hardware and then through the inventory list and found no reference whatsoever to these washers. They were not in the kit. Quick search on Vansairforce and found the answer - the washers are with the hardware in the Ray Allen servo box.

Installed the trim cables to the assembly and then worked to mount the whole thing in the plane. Major pain to route those cables through the HS and out the holes in the elevator. There are a series of snap bushings and very tight access. Basically blindly pushing and feeling. Got it all through finally but the holes in the deck did not align with servo bracket. Just 1/32” off but it was not budging. Plans mention potential binding of the cables against the flange of the F-1014 deck but that wasn't it. The servo bracket was hitting the F-1011 bulkhead. No choice but to remove the whole assembly I had just spent so much time installing and shaving a little off the bracket for clearance. Then re-install. I thought the second time would go faster, but no. Still a pain.

Finally got it all in and the screws aligned and installed. As I was tightening the screws I thought if I should go ahead and fully tighten them and put torque seal on the heads. Then I realized the only way to get the HS off is to remove this whole assembly again. I decided any further work on the trim system should wait until final assembly.