@claustro Glad to hear of the progress. The mechanics around the MFM are indeed, well, ”delicate”.
Regarding the piece of PTFE tube below the sensor, I am having problems using this because it makes the filament load in the titan quite hard.
As you have a fixed distance between sensor and extruder anyway, there is no need to bridge it with a PTFE tube. To ensure better guidance of the filament through the MFM, however, collet and PTFT help a lot. With your arrangement, it will be sufficient to provide an extremely short piece of PTFE - just cut it directly at the neck of the collet on the MFM housing.
I hope this gives you enough headroom to fiddle the filament into the titan. I bear with you, as I have a titan as well. In my case, the MFM is attached to the titan's lever by a very short piece of PTFE, but free pending otherwise.
Good luck,
mb