I am working on the doors now. Before doing the last 10% of fitting on
the doors, i considered what effect the door seals would have. From the
plans, it seems like the door seals are installed on the door to get
sandwiched between the door and the door frame flange. It seems like the
door seals would cause the doors to stick proud of the cabin top, if
anything. In that case, I will continue to follow the plans and get the
doors to fit perfectly flush with the cabin top, even before door seals
are installed. When the seals are installed, then continue to trim down
the door frame flange until the door is flush with the cabin top again.
Does that seem reasonable?
Of course, i got the fit almost "perfect", then i installed the hinges.
The hinges have enough slop or magin for error, that it seems like it's
inevitable that your door will not STAY perfect once the hinges are
installed. Fortunately, it looks like shimming one of the hinges should
get things close to lined up again.
jae
#40533 - doors
jason.kreidler@regalbeloit.com wrote:
>
> Over the weekend we finally installed the door seal per the
> instructions. I was concerned that our door fit would change based on
> prior posts, and big surprise to me, the doors now fit poorly. Before
> we started to rework everything to get back to a decent fit, or before
> buying new seals to replace the factory seals I decided to send an
> e-mail to Vans with the question (see copy below). I received a
> response from Vans, also copied below. I am shocked that Ken Scott
> not only couldn't provide a solution, but also said that this is the
> first they have EVER heard of this problem. Not that it will do much
> good, other than to satisfy my own curiosity, but has anyone else
> asked Vans this question? What gives??? I am proud to be a Van's
> customer, but they can be frustrating.... BTW, any pointers on a
> solution to the problem would be appreciated.
> *
> *
