wa8yxm wrote:
Is this a TRI-MARK lock?
What can happen and from what you said it sounds like it is the striker bolt breaks. The highest tress point is the thinnest point on the bolt.
I then took the two parts of the bolt to a metal smith and had him carve me one out of steel instead of the **** tri-mark uses.
I'm on my 3rd one of these darned things. Guess you drilled out the factory rivets to install the new steel bolt? Luckily I've always been able to get inside so I can remove the screws hold the lock mechanism together in the door though.