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DrewE
Oct 17, 2020Explorer II
You may well be able to get used but serviceable ones from an RV salvage yard.
Failing that, in your shoes I'd probably see about constructing a replacement part, say by cutting and drilling a piece of square aluminum stock. It doesn't look like too complicated of a piece: an angled end for the latch itself, a hole for the pull rod, and a hole for a cross-pin to catch the spring.
One could also 3D print (or have 3D printed) the bolt of the latch once the design is reproduced in a CAD or other 3D design program; printing in nylon is possible but somewhat tricky and requires a printer more capable than the basic models (and likley an enclosure). I'm not sure PLA or other more common 3D printed plastics would hold up all that well here.
Failing that, in your shoes I'd probably see about constructing a replacement part, say by cutting and drilling a piece of square aluminum stock. It doesn't look like too complicated of a piece: an angled end for the latch itself, a hole for the pull rod, and a hole for a cross-pin to catch the spring.
One could also 3D print (or have 3D printed) the bolt of the latch once the design is reproduced in a CAD or other 3D design program; printing in nylon is possible but somewhat tricky and requires a printer more capable than the basic models (and likley an enclosure). I'm not sure PLA or other more common 3D printed plastics would hold up all that well here.
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