Welp. My bungie wasn't good enough. Been trying to get this damn thing back in for longer than it took to get things disassembled and put the new strut assembly in.

As you can see I've got the white dots lined up. It's definitely in the right spot, as it's the spot where it goes in the furthest. But I can't get it in far enough to get the knuckle and strut assembly


attached.