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Peter, it seems to me if I recall correctly that I set the nose gear cylinder by setting the aft end first.  In other words I retracted the cylinder with the rod end halfway on the threads and then set its position onto the brackets with the nose gear retracted.  I also had a small piece of dense rubber on the weldment to cushion any over retraction.   By having the rod end in the middle you can fine tune the retract position when everything is set up.   I did not use the upstop sleeve on the nose gear.  I wouldn't have used it on the main gear if I had known ahead of time.   As I remember when set up this way; the brackets ended up right in the middle of the phenolic blocks.  When the hydraulic cylinder extends it will be pushing on the knee joint which is very strong.  At least it worked for me...
John Poco

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