oil door fastners help

[Rdwrv4]

I cut and hinged my oil door then installed camlock wing nut fastners I have alot of interference and need to change to something else that is shorter. any Ideas?
thx Robin

[Stevea]

The camlock wingnut studs come in different lengths. By "a lot of interference" I assume you mean it is hard to turn to latch/unlatch. You probably need the next longer stud.

The table at the bottom of this page will help:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...oc2600wing.php

[Ron RV8]

Some of the receptacles are adjustable. The Skybolt type have a spring clip on the outside that locks the adjustable insert. The trick is to insert something like a scriber under the spring clip then turn the insert with a screwdriver.

I'm sure there are other types so yours may not have this feature, but it's worth a look...

[Rdwrv4]

the camlocks are the right length they latch fine once in the socket it is the geometry of the cowl cheek and the arc of closing that creates the interference

[rzbill]

Replace the receptacles (assuming they are fixed kind) with the floating kind??

[Rdwrv4]

those look cool but I do not think they will solve the problem getting the studs to the socket is the problem if the studs floated and had some angular compliance they would work fine

[Yen]

I moved the location of mine so that they were at right angles to the line through the hinge. that is I put them on the curved face, rather than on the straight face. that is on a $ which is possibly different

[Rdwrv4]

you understand the problem but I do not want to change that cuz it will make the opening too small right now I am considering nutplates and screws or maybe a latch hoping to find a 1/4 turn type solution something with short studs

[Thatchman]

Robin,
Give me a call if you like, we'll get you fixed up.

Best,
Jeremy
MilSpec Products, Inc.
T. 352-735-0065