Playboy
On my PB's (seniors) I used 5/32 music wire gear I bent up and attached to the firewall with landing gear straps. They run straight and if you are wadelling, perhaps the gear isnt stiff enough? Aluminum gear on an old timer wouldnt look right to me!
As for the flying, if the incidences are set up right, you should need no up elevator at all, actually, under full power yuou might need some down trim (I do) to keep from ballooning up. I like to trim by doing a power off glide, and see how it stalls. Center the elev. and if it dives,nose heavy, if it stalls and porpises, needs some nose weight. Or I slightly move the wing back or forward instead of adding/removeing weight. Also, my current PB was tail heavy so I spaced the engine mounts out 1/2" and it balanced spot on without adding more weight.
ANdrew