CJOnTheRoad
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We have a 2005 Beaver Monterey and just came back from having our door handle and locks replaced at Beaver Motor Coach Sales. After only a handful of uses it is now not working and we can’t get into the motor home. The door wasn’t locked but it won’t open and the paddle handle is very loose. All windows are locked up. I searched online for a damage-free way of getting inside and could only find one old forum query from 2010 (posted by Rhyph) on the exact same issue. It can no longer be accessed through the forum however and the solution used was apparently sent in a PM. I suspect it may have something to do with opening the emergency window from the outside(?) All other suggestions involved drilling, locksmiths or removing the skylight and the poster commented that it was done both by themself and damage free.
Any suggestions? We are new to Class A’s and the forum. The emergency window is the bedroom horizontal slider with hinge on top, and inside has the slider latch and two red lever latches on either side.
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CJ
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TenOC
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Try leveling the RV, the door may be binding -- not the door latch problem
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CJOnTheRoad
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Thanks but it’s parked on our paved driveway, which is pretty flat. At this point I wish it wasn’t and that was the solution.
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LadyRVer
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Can you push in on the door some and just maybe???
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CJOnTheRoad
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I did try that and tried locking with the fob and unlocking all while pushing the door in. No luck. When I try to lock with the fob it certainly doesn’t sound like it did when it was working. A more abrupt click.
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diplomatdon
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I'd phone Beaver Motor Coach and make them pay for a service call. I suggest you join IRV2 Monaco Forum as there is all sorts of help on adjusting the linkage once you get into the coach. Sounds like some of the linkage has come apart or loose. Ask there and you will likely find a solution. Good luck, Don.
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CA Traveler
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On some window latches like mine you can drill a small hole and then use a nail to move the latch. A no damage solution. Some have done this as a backup emergency entrance solution.
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CJOnTheRoad
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Our problem with Beaver is that we are now back in Canada, but we may have to try and get them to do something. Perhaps at least a refund on the service.
I will see about the window frame hole though. It might be a good idea to have. I’ll just have to verify exactly where to drill.
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wa8yxm
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Is this a TRI-MARK lock?
What can happen and from what you said it sounds like it is the striker bolt breaks. The highest tress point is the thinnest point on the bolt.
Now I've seen someone take a shower curtain hanger and get in and depress the bolt without damage
I then took the two parts of the bolt to a metal smith and had him carve me one out of steel instead of the **** tri-mark uses.
The type of shower curtain ring he used. well he unbent it some
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Rick Jay
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I would call the RV Dealer that did the work on the rig and ask what they recommend. Will they step up and pay for the cost of a locksmith to open and replace/repair the lock?
Be polite and professional.
If they refuse to do anything, then I guess you'll just be on the hook for hiring & paying the lock smith.
Your current situation is one of the reasons I like having a separate entry door by the driver on our rig. But in lieu of that, I'd leave one of the larger slider windows unlocked whenever you leave the rig, just in case this happens again. If this IS one of those Tri-Mark locks...it most likely WILL happen again. Though there was a guy on E-Bay that sold steel lock bolts to replace the pot-metal parts Tri-Mark used. I installed it on our lock the second time it broke, and haven't had a problem since. But I don't know if they would work on your lock.
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