This project is moving along at a glacial pace. All bracket fabrication is nearly complete. However, I realized today that for final fitting (which will determine the inboard-outboard positioning of the brackets and therefore drilling locations in the torsion boxes) I needed to have the steps retracted by the actuators to know exactly how far in they tuck. You see, these linkages sit against little rubber bump-stops both when retracted and extended. So, one needs to know EXACTLY how much the actuators compress the bumpers when retracted to know where the steps will sit against the rockers.
Anyway, the silver lining to this requirement is that I got to hook everything up and test actuation while bolted to the brackets. So far so good!
Here's a little video I took
https://youtube.com/shorts/jPjJAI9BFsE?feature=share
Next weekend should give me enough time to drill everything and weld in the weldnuts. Then it's off to powder coat!