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moisheh
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Dec 25, 2015

Southco style drawer latches

Where is the best place to buy those black Southco style cabinet and drawer latches/ Is 10 lb. the correct one? Thanks.

Moisheh
  • Just like I thought same latch and two sizes of hooks but same size hook and both hooks fit the latch u can actually buy latch kits that contain both hook styles
  • donfrump wrote:
    dons2346 wrote:
    donfrump wrote:
    dons2346 wrote:
    Southco did change the design of the hook part so if the latch is fairly old, the new hook won't fit.

    I disagree as I just a week ago changed one in a 1996 Prevost convertion and the hook part I never changed and it worked fine


    If I wasn't so lazy, I'd take pictures of old style vs new


    whats old? like I said I just changed a 1996 one and it was the same as brand new one. r u talking like old old


    Here is a pix. The newer latch is on top, the old style on the bottom. The hook section is the same however you have to move the female part back to make the door shut fully. The screw holes are spaced different also. Bought them a couple of years ago and yes they are SouthCo.

  • donfrump wrote:
    dons2346 wrote:
    Southco did change the design of the hook part so if the latch is fairly old, the new hook won't fit.

    I disagree as I just a week ago changed one in a 1996 Prevost convertion and the hook part I never changed and it worked fine


    If I wasn't so lazy, I'd take pictures of old style vs new
  • I have the c-3 model and I have never had one break yet, but I think mine were 5 lb on the pull.
  • dons2346 wrote:
    Southco did change the design of the hook part so if the latch is fairly old, the new hook won't fit.

    I disagree as I just a week ago changed one in a 1996 Prevost convertion and the hook part I never changed and it worked fine
  • Southco did change the design of the hook part so if the latch is fairly old, the new hook won't fit.
  • If it's just the hook side that you need, I got 25 of them from Monaco. It took some questioning and talking to a couple of people in the parts dept. Finally, sent them a picture of what I needed and they found them. I think I paid 50 cents each.
  • moisheh wrote:
    Where is the best place to buy those black Southco style cabinet and drawer latches/ Is 10 lb. the correct one? Thanks.

    Moisheh


    Amazon and ebay both good buys. have used both sites

    5 lb ones are pretty stiff. 10 lb etc depends what force your wanting

    Cut and paste link
    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_7?url=search-alias%3Dindustrial&field-keywords=southco+latch&sprefix=southco%2Cindustrial%2C215