Re: Door hinges to fuselage


Subject:    Re: Door hinges to fuselage
From:    William Daniell (wdaniell@etb.net.co)
Date:    Wed Mar 17 - 6:24 AM
thanks jeff

JEFF ROBERTS wrote:
> Will,
> It's been a while but as I remember I used an aluminum spacer between 
> the bottom hinge and the fuselage. So it would set right even with the 
> fuselage I taped the spaces to the bottom hinge around the edges only. 
> The applied a small amount of redux mixed with a bit of flox to the 
> area on the fuselage where the spacer would rest. Make sure you have 
> release tape anywhere the goo might touch. The idea was to use the 
> mixture as a way see that the door & hinges would be flush when 
> closed. You would want to trial fit everything with the spacer taped 
> to the hinge first. If the door is proud of the fuselage top then 
> remove some of the spacer with a grinder then re fit. If your door is 
> low when fitted then you can add some more redux flox mixture. I 
> remember having to sand just a small amount of the door top to come 
> out exactly to the fuselage top but at least you know the hinges fit 
> perfectly even this way. 
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jeff R.  N128LJ Gold Rush 220 hours and enjoying every flight I can 
> get between rainy cold days. Would someone tell Al to get the global 
> warming turned back on?
>
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