Replacing Storage Locks
Hello All, I'm getting ready to replace the locks on my fifth wheel storage compartments. However the previous owner had over tightened several them, probably in a vain attempt to keep them from tu...
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j-d wrote:
I tried last night to comment that I got plates similar to the one at the bottom of wnjj's post. From a locksmith shop. Same "double D" hole for the lock, but the plate was more rectangular looking with the holes each side of the "D" instead of on one side. Small Hole - Lock Hole - Small Hole.
Ah-Ha! The locks are called "Cam Locks" so gOOgle "cam lock mounting plate" and here it is!
SO, how you use it - put it over the existing lock barrel, and drill screws from the outside, with nuts inside?
Combi-Cam locks - yeah, they maybe safer than these primitive keyed locks, but the very look of this digital panel will make a Mexican stop and say - Wow! Then, if he is a good guy, he'll walk away, thinking about that mysterious gringolandia with all these toys. And, if he is a bad one, he'll think - Aha, they must have something in this trailer, with these fancy locks. Don't forget, the lid itself is the weakest link, you could crush it with your fist.
