No doing it doesn't make me HC...
holding the the trailing arm at eye level lined up while I got bolts in place makes me HC..
My buddy ended up showing up toward the end of the night and helping here and there... the next day he actually worked a bit too. so it was nice... I still haven't gotten the new MC on though... I got stuck in traffic last night on the way home so it was too late to do it.
Hopefully tonight.... ****** construction... CT is PLAGUED with it.