pierre smith
Well Known Member
I discovered that my forward pilot-side door pin was not going into the cabin structure the other day, when I was going to install www.rvbits.com stainless steel guide blocks. My guide block was 1/2" thick and Vans/rvbits guides were only 1/4" thick.
Someone had screwed up and mounted the latch assembly too far aft in the door, so my forward pin didn't penetrate the door frame structure much. The 45 degree bevel was only half way into the door frame, so someone had made a 1/2" thick door guide as a bandaid!!
I wonder how many of the RV-10's that lost doors might have had this problem.
So, today, we made a new, longer forward door pin that now penetrates the structure with a good 3/16" of straight sided material showing behind the door jamb.
Be very careful when you guys are fitting the latching assembly, that it is placed so that both pins stick well through the door/cabin structure and not only inside the guide blocks.
Best,
Someone had screwed up and mounted the latch assembly too far aft in the door, so my forward pin didn't penetrate the door frame structure much. The 45 degree bevel was only half way into the door frame, so someone had made a 1/2" thick door guide as a bandaid!!
I wonder how many of the RV-10's that lost doors might have had this problem.
So, today, we made a new, longer forward door pin that now penetrates the structure with a good 3/16" of straight sided material showing behind the door jamb.
Be very careful when you guys are fitting the latching assembly, that it is placed so that both pins stick well through the door/cabin structure and not only inside the guide blocks.
Best,