My friends 16' Expanda had already had his lock broken twice. Last time last Monday. Was lucky as we had traveled to Adelaide and he had it fixed under warranty by the local dealer. As "luck" would have it mine just broke now. Key will not enter the lock. It is New Year's Eve we are now in the barossa valley and nothing open tomorrow. Van is just out of warranty. Wonderful holiday this is turning out to be. Did anyone else have problems with their locks?
Locks keep breaking
- Thread starter Ekato
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My locks seized up. When I took it in for service they lubricated them with graphite. Works fine now.
Umm, what's wrong with a bit of oil? Works fine for me.
Must admit, I've had a dream run with mine. Just need to come up with a name for it.
Must admit, I've had a dream run with mine. Just need to come up with a name for it.
I think the point being missed is that the lock requires a lubricant. Graphite is a lubricant also. Generally graphite is used where you can't afford to have what oil does over time where dust collects to the oil and gums up whatever it was supposed to lubricate in the first place.
Spend 6 hours taking lock apart and finally worked out how to free the barrel. Then put it all back together and it works fine now. Will get some graphite as soon as I can. Seems part of the problem is the safety pin. Striker plate sits too far in. Will put a packer behind striker plate. Left out the pin for now until I will get back. Apart from this drama having a great time in the Barossa valley.
Hi
like ppl have said graphite is best for locks as it won't attract dust like a oil film will, be careful removing the locking pin as ive worked on several vans with these stuck in and the door locks itself with a hard slam much to your disgust when the keys are inside .....
make sure you only remove the key when it's vertical, seen some locks let the key out when it's horizontal and then it's a break in job to fix it I don't usually pack the striker plate as it looks ugly, but remove the rubber moulding on inside of door frame and pack behind that instead. NOTE: a slack jayco line worker will screw the door frame into the van with front screws, they should be going sideways into the frame so the door can be adjusted (pet hate!)
like ppl have said graphite is best for locks as it won't attract dust like a oil film will, be careful removing the locking pin as ive worked on several vans with these stuck in and the door locks itself with a hard slam much to your disgust when the keys are inside .....
make sure you only remove the key when it's vertical, seen some locks let the key out when it's horizontal and then it's a break in job to fix it I don't usually pack the striker plate as it looks ugly, but remove the rubber moulding on inside of door frame and pack behind that instead. NOTE: a slack jayco line worker will screw the door frame into the van with front screws, they should be going sideways into the frame so the door can be adjusted (pet hate!)
Yep, spent the best part of 6 hours yesterday getting door open and removing barrel so I could hammer key out, door slammed shut in wind with keys in horizontal position and that was it. Lucky for me (SWMBO really) I have a back door!
Thought lock would have been screwed afte hammering key out as it was jammed, so drove to Jayco Newcastle and picked up a new barrel but in the end old one still worked
What a Job!