Tri Mark Lock

k9-keno wrote:
Well it happened!! We got locked inside our camper. Talk about a pain in the butt along with just total anger. We walked in closed the door and then were going to let dogs out and the handle just pulled with out releasing the main latch. My wife went out the window of our 07 Damon Daybreak Class A and was able to hand me tools. I took the cover off the inside and saw the cheap pot metal bar that slides the latch across was broken in half. So for the next two hours we drilled, bent metal around inside and outside of the door and it let loose after 2hrs. I went to the dealer and he said there was nothing any different than he would have done in that situation. You cant pick it because its not locked and to slide that latch over in the middle you would need to try and bend metal to get a screw driver in from outside. Also drilling the latch didn't work very well it would not slide left at all. Warning to all replace that stupid latch and lock every few years because just lubing it is not going to keep the cheap pot metal from breaking. Will spend the week bending metal back grinding and painting the areas that got damaged by trying to get out. Just wanted to tell my story and if you have any questions or advice feel free to comment.

Had the same thing happen to us in Moab last fall, TOTAL ANGER, is a bit of an understatement, luckily, after disassembling the whole thing, I got the broken slide out, reassembled, and just used the deadbolt until I got a replacement.