I had the same problem. After looking at the prints a few more times I
noted the attach bracket needed to be much further inboard than what the
door edge allowed. I had trim away enough of the door edge lip to move the
bracket to the correct location.
Carl Froehlich
RV-8A (500 hrs)
RV-10 (painting the interior)
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[mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Deems Davis
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:18 PM
To: rv10-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Gas Strut installation
Is it possible your bracket is mounted 180 degs? That would make the
strut about an 1" too long?
Deems Davis
Deems Davis wrote:
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> Eric, is your door fully open? I had to trim some of the top of the
> door in order to allow for it to fully open without binding on the
> cabin cover. If your bracket is at the edge of the window and your
> door is fully open, I'd suspect that you may have received the wrong
> part from Van's ???
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http://deemsrv10.com/album/Sec%2045%20Cabin%20Doors%20and%20Transparancies/s
lides/DSC03667.html
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> Deems Davis
> N519PJ
> www.deemsrv10.com
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> Eric_Kallio wrote:
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>> I am working on the gas strut installation for the doors. Ran into a
>> bit of a problem. The gas strut itself is over an inch too long to
>> fit between the attachment points. I have looked at adjusting the
>> attachment points, but am already at the edge of the window on the
>> door and can't move the mount on the canopy any further down to open
>> the gap. The gas struts from Vans aren't adjustable. Does anyone have
>> experience with a similar situation, or have recommentdations for
>> adjustable struts that will work for this application? Thanks.
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>> Eric Kallio
>> Fitting the doors...still
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=270267#270267
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