I just thought of another way to do it that might help you with the movment problem, You could get a piece of brass or stainless tubing . Put it inot a vise or what ever and make it flat, then drill a hole in it to go where you may want to shim the strut eye and have the other end a small hole for the rigging wires. This way you can remove the wires as well. God I should have designed the space shuttle with ideas like that.