I had a couple of minutes to putter around the garage, so I kept working on the canopy latch. I cut the push tube to length (well, I kept it about 1/4" longer than the plans called for - I've had too many instances of Van's making things too short). I upsized the hole in the last inch of each end and tapped each end. One end gets a bearing and bolt to attach to the handle arm, and the other end has a clevis that attaches to the rear mechanism. With that all done and adjusted, I took some measurements for the standoff I'll make for the teleflex cable.