I installed the canopy struts to make sure everything worked. If there are any problems now would be the time to find out. The struts work fine and the canopy lifts easily and smoothly. It closes a little hard, but the canopy is not installed yet.
But like a lot of folks when the canopy is closed the struts push the canopy forward about 1/16". So I will work on fabricating a stop to keep that from happening.