The broken handle of my caravan door lock is glued, braced and set in epoxy, I saved myself an $80 new handle / lock assembly purchase, it's a simple DIY fix
Your main comment is in the notification but not here, I’ve had this happen before??? Thanks for the link I didn’t find a replacement when I did this a couple of years ago just the whole lock assembly. And for $30 it’d be worthwhile to have one as a spare but sadly my wife can’t travel these days so no point. Thanks again cheers. Peter
I always like to say "I am not being cheap, I am using my time and the tools I have invested 100's of dollars in to make a cheap repair." That is much more satisfying than dropping $80 on Amazon. Nice job!
G’day Eddie. I understand the economics behind not selling individual parts but it does stink a bit when you have to shell out $80s for a $10 handle so a little bit of thought and epoxy and I recovered the handle. Cheers Peter
Gday Peter, you did a great job repairing the handle, many people would have just went out and brought a new one, I like the idea of “if it can be repaired then repair it” and after a few years is still going so you certainly did a good job, thanks for sharing mate, Cheers
Hello Peter, A good job done there... I am a big advocate to fixing where possible rather than replacing, so is my bank manager - lol. Take care. Paul,,
G’day Paul. I just couldn’t see the value of replacement when repair was so easy, my only reservation were will the epoxy glue to the plastic and could I remember how it goes back together:-) Cheers Peter
G’day Andrew. Yes I was pleased not only with the savings but also with the ease and success of repair , gotta love epoxy: did you know the Sydney Opera House sails are glued together with epoxy, amazing material. Cheers Peter
Perfect. :) I also fix or repair when possible. A possible solution to casting the part would be to cast, drill the hole, and insert a pin with the end shaped to accept the spring.
Hey Peter. Maybe you could have drilled a hole through the casting and turned and slitted the part that held the spring, then glued or pressed the plug into the hole. Looks to be a great fix Peter. Now, what tooling will you buy with the saved money? HAHA Joe
G’day Joe. Someone else suggested this way around the problem also I’ll have to keep that in the memory bank for future use. Don’t put things into my mind, there’s always a tool to by. Cheers Peter
Excellent video by the way👍🏻
Thanks
Cheers
Peter
Your main comment is in the notification but not here, I’ve had this happen before??? Thanks for the link I didn’t find a replacement when I did this a couple of years ago just the whole lock assembly. And for $30 it’d be worthwhile to have one as a spare but sadly my wife can’t travel these days so no point. Thanks again cheers.
Peter
Good job sir👍👍👍🤝
G’day Arifin. Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Peter
I always like to say "I am not being cheap, I am using my time and the tools I have invested 100's of dollars in to make a cheap repair." That is much more satisfying than dropping $80 on Amazon. Nice job!
G’day Eddie. I understand the economics behind not selling individual parts but it does stink a bit when you have to shell out $80s for a $10 handle so a little bit of thought and epoxy and I recovered the handle.
Cheers
Peter
great repair Peter
your 80 dollars is better off with you than the rip off merchants.
i would have done the same!!!!
see you next time
mr f
G’day mr f. I just couldn’t see the value if it could be repaired successfully and what was there to lose, a couple of $ of epoxy.
Cheers
Peter
Gday Peter, you did a great job repairing the handle, many people would have just went out and brought a new one, I like the idea of “if it can be repaired then repair it” and after a few years is still going so you certainly did a good job, thanks for sharing mate, Cheers
G’day Matty. I’m sure there are many things I can waste my money on but this wasn’t one of them. Thanks for following.
Cheers
Peter
Hello Peter,
A good job done there... I am a big advocate to fixing where possible rather than replacing, so is my bank manager - lol.
Take care.
Paul,,
G’day Paul. I just couldn’t see the value of replacement when repair was so easy, my only reservation were will the epoxy glue to the plastic and could I remember how it goes back together:-)
Cheers
Peter
Great job. You must be well chuffed saving 80 dollars.
Cheers
Andrew
G’day Andrew. Yes I was pleased not only with the savings but also with the ease and success of repair , gotta love epoxy: did you know the Sydney Opera House sails are glued together with epoxy, amazing material.
Cheers
Peter
Blimey I know it's good but I didn't realise it was that good. Ha ha 😂
Perfect. :) I also fix or repair when possible.
A possible solution to casting the part would be to cast, drill the hole, and insert a pin with the end shaped to accept the spring.
G’day 33. Excellent solution, thanks for commenting.
Cheers
Peter
Hey Peter. Maybe you could have drilled a hole through the casting and turned and slitted the part that held the spring, then glued or pressed the plug into the hole. Looks to be a great fix Peter. Now, what tooling will you buy with the saved money? HAHA
Joe
G’day Joe. Someone else suggested this way around the problem also I’ll have to keep that in the memory bank for future use. Don’t put things into my mind, there’s always a tool to by.
Cheers
Peter
That's my kind of repair. I feel the same kinda cheapness , so I can totally relate
G’day Craig. Yes a little epoxy and aluminium and it’s up and running again
Cheers
Nice job you cheap bastard. Lol,
Have you ever been mistaken for Onslow? Godfrey Hughes
That's what a workshop is for/
Cheers
Peter