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Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair [message #356540 is a reply to message #356537]

Wed, 08 July 2020 13:30

Ken Henderson

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Here's the Latch Tutorial location:
The Winter 2020 issue of *GMC Vintage RVing page 13*Ken H.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 1:54 PM Ken Henderson wrote:

> M.
>
> Back in Nov. '18, I posted this in response to someone's similar situation:
>
> Some years ago Bill Bramlett modified some latch pins by replacing the original
> pin+rubber+visible surround with a solid steel pin. When I
> finally got around to installing the one he gave me, it made a world of
> difference difference in the door's closing. IIRC, JimK has taken over
> and has them
> made for sale.
> Last year, I removed, disassembled, cleaned and re-lubricated the latch.
> I can now latch the door firmly with one finger.
> While you're fooling with the latch, adjust the barrel nut in the interior
> lock button's shaft to that location that prevents locking the door from
> the outside without the key --
>
> There were several other postings associated with that confirming the
> value of the solid striker -- and comments by JimK about the difficulty of
> getting cores to modify.
>
> As a follow up to that, Kim asked me to submit a writeup for the GMCMI
> magazine, which I did -- you can probably find that, with photo, at
> www.gmcmi.com
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 9:30 AM mtb8114--- via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>
>> I finally got my door curved enough to shut with secondary latching. Now
>> it seems my lower latch jaw (LLJ) will lock initially but not secondary. The
>> upper works fine. I took it apart and the cam that locks it seem to be
>> working and the LLJ will lock as long as I put a little down pressure on the
>> horizontal bar. Seems either a spring is missing or is weak somewhere or
>> an adjustment is needed.
>>
>> Is there a presentation or write up on adjustments for these mechanisms?
>>
>> Also the lithium grease on it is old. What are y’all using to clean and
>> lube these things?
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> M Beam
>> 75’ Avion
>> TBI EBL , 3.70 LSD and other stuff
>> Zuki Sidekick,
>> Dozier Al
>>
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		Door Latch repair By: MikeB on Wed, 08 July 2020 08:30
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 08 July 2020 12:54
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 08 July 2020 13:30
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: MikeB on Tue, 21 July 2020 11:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 21 July 2020 13:23
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: MikeB on Thu, 23 July 2020 13:28
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: sgltrac on Thu, 23 July 2020 14:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: MikeB on Thu, 23 July 2020 17:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 23 July 2020 17:36
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: MikeB on Thu, 23 July 2020 20:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Door Latch repair By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 23 July 2020 21:14
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