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Assemble & Fit Linkage

Run the nuts down on the two of the 3" machine screws and cut them off so that they are 1 1/4" long. Examine the fit between the actuator eye and the hole in the stock, it should line up without any slack. File off the excess metal to get a perfect fit. Insert the 1 1/4" machine screw though the actuator link you just fabricated. Screw it into the plastic eye on the actuator: it should seat squarely against the shoulder formed on the actuator eye without deforming the plastic and with no slack. 

The use of self-locking nuts is a must since there is not enough torque on the nuts to keep them from loosening up and falling off.  Vibration and the movement between the actuator and the linkage would cause common nuts to loosen very quickly.

Next install the 8-32 self-locking nut, and tighten snugly. Install the other 8-32 x 1 1/4" machine screw in the actuator link with the head on the same side as the plastic actuator eye. Put the self-locking nut  on the screw  and turn it down tight against the actuator link: this is the pin that fits in the door latch arm and moves the latch from lock to unlock position. It will extend approximately 5/8" beyond the end of the nut.

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