Jabiru J450 Constructors Manual
Post-Paint>Fuselage>Fit doors
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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Post-Paint>Fuselage>Fit doors
Objectives of this task:
At this stage the doors have been painted and now they can be refitted to the aircraft.
Materials required:
Door hardware from Card # J1 „
Doors
‟
Fit the door seals
Clean the inside of the door lip and fit the white door seal rubber around the entire outer edge
of the door. The door seal is adhesive backed: peel the backing paper back as you stick the
seal into place. Start and finish at the top hinge.
Fit the black door jamb seal: place against the side of the door jamb in the same manner,
starting and finishing at the top hinge. The white seal should seal against the black seal.
Refit the doors
Fit the hinges to the door pivot arms using the screws and nuts that were used in the
Pre-
Paint>Fuselage>Pre-fit doors
task and tighten the nuts to safety.
Fit each door to the fuselage. Apply a single drop of Loctite 242 to each screw, then fit the top
screw first to hold the top of the door, then fit the bottom screw and check that the door closes
in the centre of the door opening – there will be enough movement in the hinge screw holes to
allow the door to be centred very accurately.
Tighten both screws firmly while the door is shut and
both latches are closed.
Check that the door can be opened and closed easily and
make any minor adjustments that may be required.
Fit the lower hinge fairing caps – fix each cap in place
with 3 x 6G stainless steel self-tapping screws as shown
at right. Check that the caps do not foul the hinges.