Hi All,
If you have the following type of latch on your cupboard draws then read on.
We recently went for a trip to Texas QLD and along the way stopped for a cup of tea.
My wife tried to open the top draw to get a tea spoon but the draw would not open when the latch was lifted.
Being the top drawer the only way to get it open was to pull the front off the drawer.
This allowed me to remove the two outer screws holding the latch to the draw front where I found that the pin which operates the latch had vibrated loose and completely come out!
I then undid all of the latches in the van and found that ALL of them were loose and over time could fail also.
To fix the problem I bought some Loctite "Super Screw Lock", placed a dab on the thread of each pin and then screwed it back into the latch.
Now back to repairing the drawer front....
Cheers,
Rick.
If you have the following type of latch on your cupboard draws then read on.
We recently went for a trip to Texas QLD and along the way stopped for a cup of tea.
My wife tried to open the top draw to get a tea spoon but the draw would not open when the latch was lifted.
Being the top drawer the only way to get it open was to pull the front off the drawer.
This allowed me to remove the two outer screws holding the latch to the draw front where I found that the pin which operates the latch had vibrated loose and completely come out!
I then undid all of the latches in the van and found that ALL of them were loose and over time could fail also.
To fix the problem I bought some Loctite "Super Screw Lock", placed a dab on the thread of each pin and then screwed it back into the latch.
Now back to repairing the drawer front....
Cheers,
Rick.