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Entry Door lock broken...Need advice

Yahoo Message Number: 104200
The good news is our coach is home. When out to start the coach, the Trimark main lock is broken inside the mech. I pull the black handle and it pulls out but doesn't unlock the latch. The door is closed tight. Climbed thru the window, was able to open part of it, but can't see anything to replace or fix. Do I need to drill the mech out? Looking for ideas, guessing the spring inside broke. How do I start?

mike spinetti

2008 CC allure 31619

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Re: Entry Door lock broken...Need advice

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Yahoo Message Number: 104201
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/photos/albums/1827501333/lightbox/?mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc

http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/topics/48926

Hi Mike,

Above are a couple of links re: Broken Door Locks. We had saved them thinking we might need them some day.

Can you open the door from the inside? You need to take off the door panel in order to get to the mechanism.

Marta

07 Allure 31501

Re: Entry Door lock broken...Need advice

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Yahoo Message Number: 104202
If you can pull the upholstery of the door you can get at it and either fix or take to lock smith for needed repairs Denny Parker
O6 intrigue

Re: Entry Door lock broken...Need advice

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Yahoo Message Number: 104211
Our 04 Allure had a problem with the deadbolt. The bolt would partially slide into the jamb/locked position, and that would make it so we could not open the door from the outside. (Yep, first time it happened we climbed in the drivers toll window. And of course, were blocking one of the dump stations at Denali National Park!)

From the inside, I could manually slide and hold the deadbolt lever to the open position, allowing the door to open. We tested several times, with me on the inside, and about 70% of the time the bolt would shift enough to block the door opening.

Taking the panel of the door, I found a "C" clamp had broken off, and caused the dead bolt to move freely. We jury rigged a small bungee cord to the handle of the deadbolt, that kept it in the 'open/unlocked' position. Finished our trip that way, until we could get replacement parts. We just used the door lock, no dead bolt, as our way of locking the door. And, not great for security, but we also always had our Toad key with us, the basement key (to get the ladder), and left the toll window unlocked too. (Usually in camp, we'd have the front screen over the windshield and windows, so it was not obvious that it was in the unlocked position.)

Just sharing this info in this thread, in case it helps anyone in the future.

Best to you on your repair!

Smitty

04 Allure 31017
04 Allure Sold to a nice new owner! Now enjoying a 07 Magna Rembrandt 45' ISX600 #6775
"We're ONDROAD for THEJRNY!" (Toad and Coach license plates, say Hi if you see us!)

Re: Entry Door lock broken...Need advice

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Yahoo Message Number: 104213
If your lock looks like this then this will help. I also had my lock do the same as you have explained. If you look at the photo all the way to the right you can see a small hole in the black flat metal plate under the dead bolt locking mechanism. I put a flat head screw driver that was at a 90 degree angel with the flat head pointed down. I fished around and found the mechanism for the lock and pulled it to the left or front of coach. Took me awhile the first time however have had to do it twice since then and am a pro. Hope yours is the same as mine as this will work

Donnie

2003 Intrigue

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