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D Ring Locks
This is not directly bus related but I have a feeling somebody here can handle it.
My trailer has a side ramp door with a man door built in. This side ramp door is latched and locked by two D Ring Locks.
When we stopped for the day yesterday I unlocked them and started to put the ramp down so I could put my daughters wheel chair in it. The D Ring portion on one of the locks came off in my hand.
Now that lock looks like this.
Whatever the D Ring screws into is gone. It may be wedged in the bottom of the door because I can not hear anything move when I open and close the door.
The back of the door is all diamond plate with about 100 screws.
I would like to know something about what to expect before I take the diamond plate off. Anybody had one of these apart? I have thought about cutting an access whole in the diamond plate as part of the repair or even for future access.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
DKO
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3 Replies
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Try “Austin Hardware” ( google search)
They carry that kind of lock
Jim Brown
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Thanks. I took the diamond plate off the inside of the door this morning,
And this is what I found.
The self locking nut had fallen off and all of the pieces were right there in the little square opening. That is why I could not hear anything moving around when I opened and shut the doors.
Now, what to do with all the little pieces?
I found drawings online but nothing showing me all of this. I examined each piece and you could see imprints on top and bottom of some of them so I could figure out what was below and above some parts
I do not know what caused the nut to come lose after 17 years.. I will eventually make an access panel there so I do not have to remove 35 screws next time.
DKO
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If it is associated with a bus, car, plane, boat, house, etc. it will break.
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