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Permalink Reply by Tim Juhl on January 19, 2015 at 6:14pm

Looks pretty typical to me.  1.) No, the washers aren't necessary but I doubt they'll cause any problems.  2.) A little deformation of the sheet metal is not unusual.  I think you will find that when the strips are in place the effect is minimized.  When the baggage door is closed the sandwich of sheetmetal flattens out nicely.

One thing I did that worked out well was to dimple the rivet holes and install the rivets with a flat nosepiece.  The result was countersunk rivets that didn't interfere at all with the mating of the two surfaces.

Good luck!

Tim

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Permalink Reply by Jerold Ebke on January 19, 2015 at 6:35pm

Richard,

I used quarter turn or camlock fasteners that are countersunk to the baggage door.

Little different look and installation, same function.                                                          Jerry

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Permalink Reply by Richard Simmons on January 19, 2015 at 8:48pm

You wouldn't happento have a picture for an example would you?
You can sent it to 4rcsimmons@@comcadt.net

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by David Gallagher on January 20, 2015 at 4:46pm

Richard,

I did not put a washer under the rivet and my Dzus springs are still in place after 6 years of flying.  No deformation that would prevent a flat door closure.  See a few pictures below.  I didn't dimple mine like Tim did, but he is smarter than me like that. :)

Good luck,

Dave

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Permalink Reply by Richard Simmons on January 20, 2015 at 6:11pm

Thank you!
Gives me a little more confidence moving forward.

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