Generator door

[hippieforever3]

While I was refurbing the generator (12.5 Kohler), I took the door off and am
now getting ready to put it back on.

It's real clear to me that it needs a layer of sound insulation because a naked
piece of sheet metal provides almost no sound deadening and probably amplifies
sound.

It's also pretty flimsy and flexes all over the place. I think I'm going to
install some form of stiffener frame around the outside edge and while I was
looking at all that I thought it might be good to hard mount it to the roller
rails so it doesn't float all over the place and vibrate. I'm also looking at
the idea of replacing the cheesey aluminum flange around the generator opening
with some type of molding that has a flexible portion to mate with the door. I
think that should help with sound too.

Any comments, advice, part recommendations?

I do have one concern that if I hard mount the door to the rails I might have
nasty problems if the door ever bottoms out.

Have anyone else done spmething like this?
How has it worked out?

Regards,
GPSGary
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