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Jerry Carr:
Has anyone found a good source for the cabinet latch used by Beaver and Monaco?
I have located a 5 lb and a 10lb latch (44839) but the prices are crazy!

I have also located a part number 70435 from JR Products

Norm Green:
I too have been doing some research on the latches used in the Beaver products.  I was recently at BCS in Bend for some service work, which resulted in the purchase of a '08 Thunder, and asked what specific latch (3#, 5#, or 10#) was normally used and they said they really didn't know.  They said that the striker plate portion of the latch is what usually fails and that some customers have found success in adding a small screw in the center of this part to reduce the number of failures.  I have also wondered if there might be a latch that others have used that might be less prone to breakage and more cost effective.  I have thought about something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Hardware-House-64-4567-Contractor-10-Pack/dp/B002BY9JT6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_auto_1

Joel Ashley:
Manufacturer or distributor other than JR Products is SouthCo or RV Designer Collection H317.  The JR # is 70445 for the large strike, and 70465 for the break-prone light duty.  Supposedly they have a lifetime warranty, though I've not tried to run a claim with JR Products.  I could send them all my broken strikes, but they'd just replace them with identical light duty ones.

Last summer the prices for a 70445 were $5.08 at Tweetys.com, and $3.32 at Easternmarine.com. $5.22 now at Amazon, but they then add $6.17 shipping - an Amazon Prime account might mitigate that asinine shipping;  the thing weighs diddly but they rate it at 2 pounds, go figger.  That's a good part of the problem, no matter where you buy, shipping adds insult.  At one point I saw $1.99 at NW RV Supply in Eugene, but their online catalogue was ambiguous in such a way I could not confirm enough to order, and should have just called them.

Easternmarine.com, eg. Trailer Parts Superstore, can give you 10 large strikes for less than $52 total cost, shipping to the west coast, probably less if you live nearer to Delaware.

Generally, in order to make the fixes that were immediately needed last summer, it was cheaper and quicker in the long run to just go to the nearest Camping World.  But it would be nice to get a more reasonable per each price somewhere, like maybe $1-3.

Joel

Joe House:
I ordered the touch catches for my 05 Beaver from Aero-Space Southwest,Inc. located in Phoenix,Az. They get them from SouthCo who they say will not sell to the public. I had to order 30 of the catches to get them. They were .84 cent per catch but then they added a charge for paying with a credit card plus Az. sales tax plus shipping for a total of $39.74 or $1.32 each. There phone no. is 623-582-2779 I talked to a Kevin Earley and the part # is C3-97 Keeper. Joe House

Joel Weiss:
I know you folks with Monaco Beavers are trying to purchase the same latches as you currently have.  But those latches are relatively expensive and my experience with them has been poor with respect to durability.  The latches on my coach are all metal and cost $1.89 each at http://www.thehardwarehut.com/catalog-product.php?p_ref=4538.  There is no way they can break, although occasionally one of the screw caps comes off and the spring and ball bearing fall out.  But at less than $2 each I can afford to have a bag of spares.

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