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Pine,

I took a close look at my main gear cylinder installation this afternoon,
opened up the manual to see if there was anything there that would help
point us in an appropriate direction and think I may have a solution for you.

If you look in the manual, page 5-13 (rev 0/ 11-1-91) it shows the complete
GM3 o/c link assembly.  Over on the right hand side of the page is a little
note that says it is ok to use up to 3 AN960-619 washers to space the
inboard end of the GM3 assembly away from the mounting point on the GM4.
This is my first thought... if you have washers in there, take them out.
That will swing that GM13 assembly back forward and help align everything
with the cylinder.  The idea here is that the washers should be used to get
everything parallel.  They are optional and should be used only if
required.  

Also be sure that you've got the GM3 assembly installed correctly, with the
inboard end bearing shoulder facing aft.  If you've got that turned around
that will also cause some misalignment.  

A good test would be to verify that the GM4 (forward attach bracket) is
parallel to the spar... if not it could be that your GM13 (phenolic
hardpoint where inboard GM3 attaches) is mislocated, although I would be
very surprised if that were the case.

One last thing... my spacer block to attach the inboard end of the main
gear is actually 1.5" thick, not 1.25", and everything is nice and parallel
in my installation.  I hope this helps.

   <Marv>

>viewing down onto the over center it seams that the cylinder and the
>over center links are at an angel to each other. If someone can PLEASE take
>a picture of this on there installation and send it on to me I would
>appreciate it a lot.
>
>Pine Pienaar




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