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Old 03-29-2019, 08:54 PM
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Washers helped remove some of the horizontal slop. I fabricated temp oversized pins today and removed the rest of the vertical slop that was due to the AN3 bolt diameter being a bit small.

With all the initial slop, the door was moving around to much to do a quality door fitting. With slop removed, the door was easier to trim and opens and closes in the same spot every time. I will have permanent hinge pins machined next week.
Between the struts and (when closed), the seals, there's enough preload so the stock hinges and pins don't rattle around.
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Between the struts and (when closed), the seals, there's enough preload so the stock hinges and pins don't rattle around.
I placed/drilled my hinges so that the inner and outer hinges eyes create a light tension on each other in the horizontal axis (each canopy mounted hinge half is pushing firmly outboard against the other hinge half). This seems to give me a very reliable closing alignment. I can't see how reduced clearance in the vertical axis would make it any better. The key to door alignment is to stop horizontal pivoting of one hinge half relative to the other. tightly spaced eyelets (i.e. no space for hinge half to pivot) or tight clearance pins should achieve the same objective.

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Guys I think he's talking about the 4 door hinge pins (the bolts) not the latching pins.
Doh! Yeah I have rust showing on mine. ;-(

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Old 03-30-2019, 08:55 AM
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Not all that familiar with the 10 but would it not be possible to tighten the knukle?
Whicher path you take, it's probably a good idea to use some sort of lube.

For those of you who want to use Stainless on the latch side:
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Stainless steel is not magnetic. If you are using the magnetic door sensors it might not be a good choice.
Most Stainless IS magnetic. 300 series is generally not, unless cold worked, wherasl 400 is magnetic. There are many other types of stainless; 17-4ph, etc.
A simple reference here: https://www.fastenal.com/en/75/magne...teel-fasteners
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Old 03-30-2019, 05:14 PM
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I placed/drilled my hinges so that the inner and outer hinges eyes create a light tension on each other in the horizontal axis (each canopy mounted hinge half is pushing firmly outboard against the other hinge half). This seems to give me a very reliable closing alignment. I can't see how reduced clearance in the vertical axis would make it any better. The key to door alignment is to stop horizontal pivoting of one hinge half relative to the other. tightly spaced eyelets (i.e. no space for hinge half to pivot) or tight clearance pins should achieve the same objective.

Larry
If there is vert slop, the the door can twist a bit if the front is down and the back is up or vice versa. I have over sized pins in now and it's a big nice difference to remove the vertical slop as well as horizontal slop.
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Old 03-30-2019, 09:53 PM
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If there is vert slop, the the door can twist a bit if the front is down and the back is up or vice versa. I have over sized pins in now and it's a big nice difference to remove the vertical slop as well as horizontal slop.
Thanks for that. Maybe I will make up a few pins. Do you recall what the diameter was that your machinist cut them to?

EDIT: I just played with my doors and they couldn't be tighter - 0 slop. Not sure if it is because the halves are tight against each other or I got lucky with tiighter tolerance holes. I remember That I had to kiss one of the bolts/pins with sandpaper for it to go in and I don't remember any meaningful slop when installing them (would have made custom pins if they were noticably loose), so likely I have tighter holes.

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