Aqualu Half Doors and BTB door stops

[badsamaritan]

Bought some Aqualu Half Doors that I just got back from paint. I also ordered some BTB/ Man-a-Fre door stops. Either the gap in the door side bracket is wrong or there's another style as they don't seem to work well together.

 

[badsamaritan]

Here's what I assume a factory door looks like

 

[pbgbottle]

The gap in the door does look a bit big but on the later doors there is a plastic spacer on each side of the door stop to Center it in the door mount and stop the rattle.

 

[Mike Shull]

That is the way mine is made. As you can see I haven’t dealt with mine yet but I will eventually source larger spacers and a longer bolt.

 

[badsamaritan]

Thanks for the pictures, kind of disappointing Aqualu doesn't make the doors to accept the factory door stops, but definitely not the end of the world. I searched for the later year bushings and couldn't find them or a picture. If anyone has a picture of part number I'd like to check them out.

 

[Mike Shull]

Thanks for the pictures, kind of disappointing Aqualu doesn't make the doors to accept the factory door stops, but definitely not the end of the world. I searched for the later year bushings and couldn't find them or a picture. If anyone has a picture of part number I'd like to check them out.

I don’t think the later year will work for you. Mine is a 1978 and I believe the hardware is the same through ‘84. My factory bushings are too thin to fill the gap.

I’d wonder what Aqualu recommends?

 

[badsamaritan]

I don’t think the later year will work for you. Mine is a 1978 and I believe the hardware is the same through ‘84. My factory bushings are too thin to fill the gap.

I’d wonder what Aqualu recommends?

I have a email out to them to see

 

[knuckle47]

You may see something here… go to Amazon and search “ metal spacers for bolts “

There are quite a few but with a little ingenuity you may find something that is a great fit

 

[badsamaritan]

You may see something here… go to Amazon and search “ metal spacers for bolts “

There are quite a few but with a little ingenuity you may find something that is a great fit

I got on McMaster Carr and ordered some aluminum M8 OD sleeves that will accept a M5 screw. I plan to make something from that. Or maybe Aqualu will have something off the shelf to fix this. It's not a hard problem to solve, I just don't see why they don't make the door to accept what's there from the factory.

 

[pbgbottle]

Just cut a couple pieces of rubber tubing slip it over the bolt a piece on each side of the arm and crank up an Acorn nut on the bottom of the bolt , the stop arm doesn’t have to be tight it usually doesn’t rattle.