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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Lawrence Tarnoff on June 24, 2017, 04:25:20 AM

Title: Door latch
Post by: Lawrence Tarnoff on June 24, 2017, 04:25:20 AM

"Why did you lock the Beaver," my wife asked.  "Not locked," I replied as I got off the couch to prove my point.  We have experienced a tough-to-open latch and I figured it just got the better of her.  Nope, no joy.  The keys, of course, were in the coach.  Cutting to the chase: Jill finally got the door to open and I sprayed the latch with a healthy helping of WD40.  Working easier now.  Anything else I should do?

Larry

Title: Re: Door latch
Post by: Bruce Sieloff on June 24, 2017, 07:05:52 AM

We had a similar issue and I had to crawl in a window to access the door. I found that when the inside door latch bezel was removed that the latch mechanism was catching on the interior surround, which had been weakened by time and previous persons. I purchased some acrylic panel material and reinforced the area where the tinnerman nuts which secured the bezel had broken away. After some jiggering to give the nuts a secure purchase and get the latch rod to clear the surround we have had no issues to date. Worth looking into.