Newmar owners - broken baggage lock help!!
I have a '02 Newmar. The baggage doors open from bottom and swing up. One of them won't open. It does "unlock" with the key, but nothing happens when I lift the latch. The plunger is not moving. ...
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I have had to tackle this issue with my Dutch Star several times. I've accessed the latch from adjoining compartments and removed the back plate and also crawled under the coach and used a thin blade tool to depress the latch tongue to open the compartment.
After numerous cleanings and lubrications I found that the cross bar, shaped somewhat like a dog bone, tends to jump over the tab in the latch tongue and jam it in place. I added a small washer under the screw that holds the dog bone in place expanding the surface area that keeps it in place and this seems to have cured the problem. When these latches work they work just fine, when they jam up they are a real PITA.
After numerous cleanings and lubrications I found that the cross bar, shaped somewhat like a dog bone, tends to jump over the tab in the latch tongue and jam it in place. I added a small washer under the screw that holds the dog bone in place expanding the surface area that keeps it in place and this seems to have cured the problem. When these latches work they work just fine, when they jam up they are a real PITA.
