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Eric_Kallio
Joined: 29 Jan 2006
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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 Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: Gas Strut installation |
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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.
Eric Kallio
Fitting the doors...still
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Deems Davis
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 925
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: Gas Strut installation |
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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 ???
http://deemsrv10.com/album/Sec%2045%20Cabin%20Doors%20and%20Transparancies/slides/DSC03667.html
Deems Davis
N519PJ
www.deemsrv10.com
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.
Eric Kallio
Fitting the doors...still
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Deems Davis
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 925
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: Gas Strut installation |
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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 ???
http://deemsrv10.com/album/Sec%2045%20Cabin%20Doors%20and%20Transparancies/slides/DSC03667.html
Deems Davis
N519PJ
www.deemsrv10.com
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.
>
> 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 70267#270267
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carl.froehlich(at)verizon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: Gas Strut installation |
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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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