k6ncx
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There were lots of posts on this topic a few years ago but unfortunately it's not all in the past. Some RV manufacturers issued recalls for this (and presumably had a satisfactory solution.) Others didn't. I know for sure that Trimark and at least some of the RV manufacturers knew about this at least back to 2014 and I believe much earlier. One forum post referred to a known problem with Trimark locks made in 2003, but I hope that was a typo.
I have read about people getting locked in or out of their motorhomes or trailers and hoped it wouldn't happen to me. Two or three years ago it did. We Gt locked out at Bonneville Salt Flats. It wasn't that we didn't have our keys. As has been known to happen many times, the plunger (or live bolt) had broken and could not be retracted. It was made of brittle pot metal.
This was long after Trimark reportedly started using a steel plunger. I got a replacement for the whole assembly (ouch!) and installed it.
Well, last night I was locked in when the replacement broke. This time I know how to get it open - good thing I knew it was the right way because I had to fight with it quite a bit, Yep, new plunger broke. But this time the was also a smallish black plastic piece that broke in two
Trimark websiite say the plunger is made of "zinc alloy." Huh? Supposedly they changed to steel in 2017 or so. On Amazon, there are multiple questions about whether the 060-1650 comes with steel or pot metal plunger. About half the answers are one way, half the other. I'm not willing to spend the money to get a replacement that might or might not be good.
It's 2021, and I'm trying to deal with a 2014 (or 2003?) problem in a motorhome built in 2016.
I have read about people getting locked in or out of their motorhomes or trailers and hoped it wouldn't happen to me. Two or three years ago it did. We Gt locked out at Bonneville Salt Flats. It wasn't that we didn't have our keys. As has been known to happen many times, the plunger (or live bolt) had broken and could not be retracted. It was made of brittle pot metal.
This was long after Trimark reportedly started using a steel plunger. I got a replacement for the whole assembly (ouch!) and installed it.
Well, last night I was locked in when the replacement broke. This time I know how to get it open - good thing I knew it was the right way because I had to fight with it quite a bit, Yep, new plunger broke. But this time the was also a smallish black plastic piece that broke in two
Trimark websiite say the plunger is made of "zinc alloy." Huh? Supposedly they changed to steel in 2017 or so. On Amazon, there are multiple questions about whether the 060-1650 comes with steel or pot metal plunger. About half the answers are one way, half the other. I'm not willing to spend the money to get a replacement that might or might not be good.
It's 2021, and I'm trying to deal with a 2014 (or 2003?) problem in a motorhome built in 2016.