Any way to adjust oil door fastener?

[LettersFromFlyoverCountry]

I can get one to engage and turn. But the other one needs a hair more clearanc.

 

[dbhill916]

Sandpaper. My door fit when I built it, but it bound up on both sides after painting. I spent about 30 min with little strips of sandpaper and used gentle finger pressure to take down the proud spots.

 

[LettersFromFlyoverCountry]

Sandpaper. My door fit when I built it, but it bound up on both sides after painting. I spent about 30 min with little strips of sandpaper and used gentle finger pressure to take down the proud spots.

The door fits fine. It's the fastener that's the problem.

 

[Mikeyb]

The problem with posting pictures is nobody sees what you see. We see the chip on the corner of the door opening and go “now there’s your problem”

 

[Flyhud]

Your Camlock fasteners do not provide any means of adjustment to the fastener itself. You can reduce the thickness of the overall stack up of parts by removing material (sanding/filing etc.) or adding shims if they are loose. You can also purchase different lengths of Camlock fasteners or receptacles, but my guess is the size you have installed are as close as you’re going to get. The Skybolt brand fasteners do have provisions for adjustment, in fact they make a kit specifically for the Vans oil door. Your options are, remove material by filing/ sanding to reduce the overall stack up, or remove the Camlock style fasteners and replace them with Skybolt fasteners and receptacles.

 

[Taltruda]

You can replace it with the next longer stud, or another trick is to remove the receptacle, sand down the fiberglass under where the receptacle sat, then reinstall it.

 

[LettersFromFlyoverCountry]

Problem solved. Thanks, folks.