pianotuna
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Hi,
Does anyone have a source for a trimark all steel lock?
It's a good thing I'm in a class C. Being locked in is not much fun.
Regards, Don
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.
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JimK-NY
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Since you are in a class C, it doesn't matter but you should be able to unscrew and remove the lock from inside the RV. When mine broke, I had no problem finding a replacement at an RV parts store. I never saw an all steel model. Mine has plastic parts on the inside.
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pianotuna
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JimK-NY wrote:Since you are in a class C, it doesn't matter but you should be able to unscrew and remove the lock from inside the RV. When mine broke, I had no problem finding a replacement at an RV parts store. I never saw an all steel model. Mine has plastic parts on the inside.
Thanks for the reply.
Except that the screen door covers one of the screws. What a 'smart' design.
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opnspaces
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Can you sneak in a right angle screw driver?
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RLS7201
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Good idea. But a screw driver bit and a 1/4" wrench fits in smaller areas.
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pianotuna
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Hi,
As we get to -40 I do not want an electric lock of any kind.
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Ed_Gee
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pianotuna wrote:Hi,
Does anyone have a source for a trimark all steel lock?
It's a good thing I'm in a class C. Being locked in is not much fun.
I wish you had specified what Trimark lock. If its the T507 common to so many class C RVs, like mine, Did your latch bolt break? Its cheap pot metal. There's a guy who sells repair kit, easy to do, with a beautifully crafted stainless steel latch bolt replacement. I can vouch for this.
Ed - on the Central Oregon coast
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Gjac
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I have replaced mine twice over the years when they broke and the third time, I made a steel backing plate to join the two pieces of the zinc alloy striker bar that broke. It has held up well. Someone posted on here a while back about a new lock that he thought was steel but could not verify that it was. This alloy which some call pot metal is brittle and soft, it is cast and not forged or drawn like steel making it much weaker. You need to take it part to see what is actually broken. It could also be the plastic cam inside that moves the sticker bar.
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IAMICHABOD
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Ed_Gee wrote:
I wish you had specified what Trimark lock. If its the T507 common to so many class C RVs, like mine, Did your latch bolt break? Its cheap pot metal. There's a guy who sells repair kit, easy to do, with a beautifully crafted stainless steel latch bolt replacement. I can vouch for this.
Yeah I remembered that repair kit,got it saved somewhere..Ahh here it is.
https://www.latchfix.com/
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