How Stiff is Your Thing? Options

[bkrantz]

Mine is too stiff, I think. Oh, the thing I mean is the internal door latch mechanism. And the part that seems stiff is the locking function.

In case your never spent any intimate time with the mechanism, the locking function is done by a stamped plate that shifts up (to lock) and down (to unlock). I continue to have problems unlocking the doors with keys, even after Curt did his magic on the cylinders.

Since the up-down shift of the locking plate is accomplished by the little lever on the internal end of the cylinder, as twisted by the key, so it would seem to be better if the plate shifted without much resistance.

Oh, and I have tried some different lubes.

[DRPHIL914]

Frog lube huh? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

ok no comments to that, but I might have to try this ,
mine was a new mechanism a few years ago only but its really hard to open the door , its like when pulling the handle to open it, its sticking or catching, maybe like if the door is too tight, if i push on the door at the same time it then it doesnt take much effort to open it, it releases more easily if that makes any sense. I had thought about moving the catch on the door frame out a 1/8" to see if that would help, its like the seal is thick and putting lots of pressure holding it very tight which is good but makes it harder for the mechanism to release, and those plastic cams that slide to push the mechanism to release the latch are not very strong, I just put a new one in a couple months ago it broke, and i thought that would cure my issue, i ddont have that thick gunk in mine but also i didnt add any more lube when it was out, wish i had.

- Phil

[bkrantz]

Frog lube huh? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

ok no comments to that, but I might have to try this ,
mine was a new mechanism a few years ago only but its really hard to open the door , its like when pulling the handle to open it, its sticking or catching, maybe like if the door is too tight, if i push on the door at the same time it then it doesnt take much effort to open it, it releases more easily if that makes any sense. I had thought about moving the catch on the door frame out a 1/8" to see if that would help, its like the seal is thick and putting lots of pressure holding it very tight which is good but makes it harder for the mechanism to release, and those plastic cams that slide to push the mechanism to release the latch are not very strong, I just put a new one in a couple months ago it broke, and i thought that would cure my issue, i ddont have that thick gunk in mine but also i didnt add any more lube when it was out, wish i had.

- Phil

Yeah, my goal was to reduce all the work done by the key when locking and especially unlocking the door. If I can live without the internal lock tab function, I think I have eliminated most of the work the key has to do.