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Broken Closet Latch [message #166024] Wed, 11 April 2012 09:29 Go to next message
jdillinger is currently offline  jdillinger   United States
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I'm in the process of refurbing a 76 Glenbrook and found the PO stripped the screws holding the closet latch in the door. I managed to get the latch off, but one of the screw holes already has a drill bit snapped off in it!!

I need a new latch assembly. Are they still available and if so from whom?

Jerry Dillinger
Suttons Bay Mi

[Updated on: Wed, 11 April 2012 11:51]

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Re: Broken Closet Latch [message #166172 is a reply to message #166024] Thu, 12 April 2012 20:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wally is currently offline  wally   United States
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jdillinger wrote on Wed, 11 April 2012 09:29

I'm in the process of refurbing a 76 Glenbrook and found the PO stripped the screws holding the closet latch in the door. I managed to get the latch off, but one of the screw holes already has a drill bit snapped off in it!!

I need a new latch assembly. Are they still available and if so from whom?

Jerry Dillinger
Suttons Bay Mi

You might try Jim Bounds at the Co-op. We got used cabinet doors he had left after a renovation.
HTH

Wally Anderson
Omaha NE
75 Glenbrook

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Re: Broken Closet Latch [message #166175 is a reply to message #166024] Thu, 12 April 2012 20:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chr$ is currently offline  Chr$   United States
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I got them used from GMCRECS, but they are gone. They bear a striking resemblance to the galley latches in older Boeing 737 runway sweepers.

-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ

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Re: Broken Closet Latch [message #166178 is a reply to message #166175] Thu, 12 April 2012 21:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jdillinger is currently offline  jdillinger   United States
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I will try Jim at the COOP. I found the latches were made by an aerospace latch supplier on the west coast and they still make a very similar latch but I can't find a retail source.

Stay tuned, I'll fill in the blanks when I finally find one.

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Re: Broken Closet Latch [message #166448 is a reply to message #166024] Sun, 15 April 2012 19:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jdillinger is currently offline  jdillinger   United States
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Dodged the need for a replacement through the judicious use of a Dremel with cutoff wheel and some 5 minute epoxy.

Sliced off the threaded boss on the back of the latch (including the cross threaded 10/32 screw remains) with the trusty Dremel. Epoxied a new 10/32 nut on the back using a washer to create the same height as the old threaded boss. Siliconed the threads of a 10/32 bolt to use as a locator. Waited about half an hour, extracted the locator bolt and voila a fully functional latch again.

Necessity, the mother of invention once again.

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Re: [GMCnet] Broken Closet Latch [message #166454 is a reply to message #166448] Sun, 15 April 2012 21:28 Go to previous message
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Nice work - Jerry "MacGyver" Dillinger
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> Dodged the need for a replacement through the judicious use of a Dremel with cutoff wheel and some 5 minute epoxy.
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> Sliced off the threaded boss on the back of the latch (including the cross threaded 10/32 screw remains) with the trusty Dremel. Epoxied a new 10/32 nut on the back using a washer to create the same height as the old threaded boss. Siliconed the threads of a 10/32 bolt to use as a locator. Waited about half an hour, extracted the locator bolt and voila a fully functional latch again.
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> Necessity, the mother of invention once again.
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