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doorlock
doorlock
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:41 pmby monoboard (deleted)

My caravan appears to have what i would class as "lash" in the lock. when you turn the key it appears as if 50% + of the rotation of the key doesn't do anything. you have to turn right to the end of the rotation to unlock the door & I'm concerned that one day its not going to work. Has anyone else had this problem & come across a fix. My caravan is booked in at main dealers for its service & damp check tomorrow and i have mentioned this & wondering what they will say!
I have to add that the caravan is like new (2015) condition wise & just this niggle!

RE: doorlock
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:54 pmby eribaMotters •

My lock is also crap. I've tried adjusting the catch plate but this was no good. I then popped the screw cap covers on the inside and tightened it up but this made it worse. I've now loosened them a little to the state where you can actually flex/twist the internal lock assembly slightly and the assembly works better.
I also find the suction on the door seals makes opening the door difficult at times. I thought this might have been due to the door dropping[as they usually do] and putting more pressure on the bottom door seals. I lifted the door of the pin hinges and have put a red fibrous washer on both pins. This has had little effect, but does make the door line up visually a little better. The key location/entry is also nothing to write home about.
Colin
aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol _ ex 430, 552, camplet trailer tent, 310, now a nice white 2017 430.

RE: doorlock
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:01 pmby monoboard (deleted)

Good German quality !! internal door hinges that corrode, screws that hold them in the cupboard doors coming out/loose, external doors that drop, locks that have problems. I do like my eriba but its a shame they cant make better quality for the price!

RE: doorlock
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:10 pmby SOULBLUESMAN68 •

Our door isn't great either.........
We had a broken door hinge which Hymer replaced under warranty.
Our door also seems a little twisted from top to bottom. We have ALV play with it twice for us. .It has started to go again and I have to give it a fair pull from the inside to engage the mechanism fully.
We also think that someone may have had a go at getting into the van using something like a screwdriver on the lock itself. However it still works OK to open & lock.
I was wondering at some stage whether to look into an additional security lock on the door but decided that those I could see looked a bit clumsy
MikeT

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:55 pmby John Cross •


RE: doorlock
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:01 pmby Aaron Calder •

My problem was that the door wasn't closing tightly onto the rubber seal when latched and here's how I rectified it: Striker plate modification
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