Just use a stack of fender washers between the flap and the crossmember- - - - -5 or 6 of them will space it back 1/2" or so. A couple of strips of 1" wide aluminum flat bar 1/4" thick would do the same thing. Why is common sense so uncommon these days?
Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!