Door latch pins

These pictures are of the left door, but I’ve completed this step on both doors.  The pins, extend out of the bottom of the forward and aft sides of the door and into the door frame, keeping the door closed.  The Van’s stock design is unsightly and is easy to do in such a way that you don’t get good engagement of the pins.  Instead, I opted to use the aftermarket pins tips from iflyrv10.com.  You basically cut off the angled end of the pin, then tap the inside and screw on the pins.  I had to cut a little extra of the pins to make everything fit right.  Basically, when the door handle is all the way in the open position, the pins should retract just barely all the way into the door.  This ensures there’s enough clearance in the door frame to shut the door, but when the door handle is closed, you get sufficient engagement of the door pins.

Here’s what the pins look like when the handle is in the open position.

Here’s what they look like when the handle is in the closed position.

This is the hole in the door frame that the forward pin goes in.  There will also be an aluminum block attached to the frame to give the pin extra engagement.  These doors aren’t going anywhere.