Rear door dovetail bracket

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dag019

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Quick question regarding the dovetail locator/support on the rear door. This looks like there is too large a gap and it should be tighter fitting than this. I assume there should be a spacer that I am missing? Should it go behind the brass block on the door or the dovetail bracket on the tub? I also assume I can just measure the gap and cut a suitable thickness piece of metal to act as a spacer?

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My Ninety has a bunch of them, just alloy plates with slots in them so you can slip in without removing the bolts, just slacken.
 
Excellent many thanks all. Looks like some making of aluminium plates for the tub is my next job.
 
Quick question regarding the dovetail locator/support on the rear door. This looks like there is too large a gap and it should be tighter fitting than this.
Yes.
I assume there should be a spacer that I am missing?
Yes.
Should it go behind the brass block on the door or the dovetail bracket on the tub?
Yes.
I also assume I can just measure the gap and cut a suitable thickness piece of metal to act as a spacer?
Yes.
 
My Ninety has a bunch of them, just alloy plates with slots in them so you can slip in without removing the bolts, just slacken.
Many thanks. Makes for very easy manufacture and fitting.

Spacer fitted and gap reduced but still possible too large a gap. How snug should the brass be into the bracket?

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Looks like you may be able to get two of those bits of plate in rather than just one.

I did something similar with my front door strikers, to space them away from the B post so they'd engage with the door catches. Well worth doing as it turned out.
 
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