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* '''Door lock not sitting flush'''<br>The Aerosport door handle kit assumes a bonded wall thickness of approximately 0.160 inches. It does not include a mechanism to accommodate deviations from this thickness.<br>If the door mechanism holes are drilled prior to bonding, and clecos are used during curing, the door halves may compress tightly in the lock area. This can result in a final wall thickness of only about 0.112 inches—leaving a 0.050-inch discrepancy. This difference will cause the outer lock cover to sit proud and not flush with the surface.<br>Conversely, if your wall thickness exceeds 0.160 inches, the lock cylinder will sit recessed within the outer cover.<br>For doors with thinner walls, a workaround is to trim the collar of the lock so it can sit further down on the steel strike plate (see pictures below). Trimming can be done with a Dremel carbide wheel (e.g. at [https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dremel-1-1-4-in-Rotary-Tool-Carbide-Cutting-Shaping-Wheel-for-Use-on-Woods-Fiberglass-Plastics-and-Laminates-543/202315728 Home Depot]) and a file to make the transition square. For doors with thicker walls, consider designing a 3D-printed collar around the lock cylinder that will raise it to be flush with the cover. <br>See also this [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/10086580921462916 FB Post]<br>[[File:2026-02-09 11-14-01.jpg|267x267px]] [[File:2026-02-09 11-47-20.jpg|267x267px]] | * '''Door lock not sitting flush'''<br>The Aerosport door handle kit assumes a bonded wall thickness of approximately 0.160 inches. It does not include a mechanism to accommodate deviations from this thickness.<br>If the door mechanism holes are drilled prior to bonding, and clecos are used during curing, the door halves may compress tightly in the lock area. This can result in a final wall thickness of only about 0.112 inches—leaving a 0.050-inch discrepancy. This difference will cause the outer lock cover to sit proud and not flush with the surface.<br>Conversely, if your wall thickness exceeds 0.160 inches, the lock cylinder will sit recessed within the outer cover.<br>For doors with thinner walls, a workaround is to trim the collar of the lock so it can sit further down on the steel strike plate (see pictures below). Trimming can be done with a Dremel carbide wheel (e.g. at [https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dremel-1-1-4-in-Rotary-Tool-Carbide-Cutting-Shaping-Wheel-for-Use-on-Woods-Fiberglass-Plastics-and-Laminates-543/202315728 Home Depot]) and a file to make the transition square. For doors with thicker walls, consider designing a 3D-printed collar around the lock cylinder that will raise it to be flush with the cover. <br>See also this [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/10086580921462916 FB Post]<br>[[File:2026-02-09 11-14-01.jpg|267x267px]] [[File:2026-02-09 11-47-20.jpg|267x267px]] | ||
* '''Door handle cover modifications'''<br>PlaneAround 180 degree latch together with Aerosport interior door handle beauty cover causing binding [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/5427322947388760 (FB 10/11/2022)] | * '''Door handle cover modifications'''<br>PlaneAround 180 degree latch together with Aerosport interior door handle beauty cover causing binding [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/5427322947388760 (FB 10/11/2022)] | ||
* '''Low profile door handle hints''' | |||
** The outside spring gets between the moving shaft and the low profile door handle. This may cause the inside roll pin not sitting down all the way into the cutout of the steel plate, therefore not properly securing the door handle in the locked position. Consider bending the narrow side of the spring more open so it easily slides over the shaft, and insert the narrow part of the spring first. | |||
** The roll pin may on first insertion not find the far end exit hole because the initial thickness of the elevated area on the back side of the door handle is preventing the door handle to sit down far enough into the handle enclosure. Very careful sand off the elevated area until the pin inserts properly, and without causing any binding during the handle operation. Grinding the area down too far may foil your attempt to tune the down resting point of the handle so it just doesn't touch the outer skin in the locked position. | |||
* '''Threads''' | * '''Threads''' | ||
** PlaneAround [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6065285950259120/ FB thread] | ** PlaneAround [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6065285950259120/ FB thread] | ||
** Low profile handle + 180 degree [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6194339494020431/ FB thread 6/2023], [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6496382083816169/ FB thread 9/2023] [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6712170572237318/ FB thread 11/2023] | ** Low profile handle + 180 degree [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6194339494020431/ FB thread 6/2023], [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6496382083816169/ FB thread 9/2023] [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/6712170572237318/ FB thread 11/2023] | ||