[Tigers] Door project; what I learned

[Ron Fraser]

This is a follow up on this subject.

 

Donuts look like compressed paper to me

 

OD = 1.54”

ID = .486”

Thickness = .39”                2nd spacer = .335”

 

Ron Fraser

 

 

From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Joe Brown
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 11:35 AM
To: James Armstrong <rollright at aol.com>
Cc: sunsp22 at comcast.net; Tigers Den <tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Door project; what I learned

 

Thanks to everyone for all of this information.  I put my doors back together about a week ago and realized from this discussion that I left out the donuts. I found my old ones but I don't have enough for all of the handles and the ones I do have are rough.  I don't see them in the SS catalog so I may attempt to make some from some masonite or something.  

 

Can somebody verify what the total thickness of one of the full donuts is?  One of mine that still looks good measures .33", but it might have swollen up over the years.  

 

Thanks,

Joe Brown

 

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 5:50 PM James Armstrong via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Gentlemen,

First off, you are terrific and we are better together. Always.

 

What I learned:

- both the window crank shaft and the door opening shaft each use two (2) felt donuts or four half donuts(4)           per  door to set up proper door panel position and rigidity

- Rick has these in stock if you need them

- the door handle and the window crank have very small rubber anti-rattle tubes in the actuator insertion cavity.
  Dr. Ron Fraser gave the dimensions, tentatively as; Dimensions - .35? x .384?        .293? thick 
- the chrome collar should slide easily into the black plastic collar with or without spring. If not, make it so.

- The original fixing pins were tapered so that they could be inserted with a positive stop. Almost no-one has             these today and new ones have been fabricated from nails. Extra assembly effort required but OK

- remember to check for anti-rattle padding behind the door flat actuating plate that goes from the handle area       to the latch and travels right over the big window mechanism opening in the door

    You'll see traces of old glue where it was. You can use any kind of dampener. Prevents a major rattle on             door closer/slam


Thanks to all that contributed and lent a hand!

 

Jim Armstrong

Mk 1A

382002083 LRXFE

Code 86

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