How To Replace RV Storage Locks - No More CH751 Keys
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- Here's an EASY DIY upgrade to replace your RV compartment locks to quality cam locks that are more secure. Why? Many RV compartments use the same CH751 keys. It's true. Other people may have a key that opens your compartments. I'll show you where to buy secure replacement locks and how to install them.
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Thanks for the update! My locks are so corroded, one just snapped off today when I tried to unlock it! I remembered you had made this video a while ago, so I searched your channel. Thanks for the video and for the discount code! :)
Still worked on 1/17/2020. Thanks!
Bummer that this link no longer works. Guess the company either changed their name or is out of business. I really was looking forward to getting that worksheet!
They changed their name. They are now Industrial Lock and Hardware, Inc. The link in the video description works and will take you to their site.
I am glad to see this option. Most others are showing keyless locks .. more batteries and electronics. This key seems to be better security from lock pickers. Thanks for doing the leg work!
It's always nice to hear a review from someone who wasn't paid or given a product to review which we would already know what they would say.
Hector St-Jacques Thanks for the feedback Hector.
Before I saw your video, I never realized that these keys were common to practically every RV out there. Yes we've changed our locks. Thank you so much for offering up so much information on your RVing. Merry Christmas!
Thank you. Your video took away the "fear of the unknown" factor for me. Instead of "oh no, another project that could really go wrong and be very expensive", it's "ok, not only can I afford that, I can do it myself with confidence". Safe travels.
It's a pretty easy project. You can do it.
Great 6 year old video, still relevant! Thanks from a newbe.
Glad it was helpful!
04:56 minute mark is when the actual DIY lock replacement tutorial begins.
I changed out my locks after watching your video. Fairly easy. Thanks again, Tito!
Great video, I just took your advice and ordered a complete set for our new 5th wheel, That's been my biggest pet peeve with it so far all the different keys.
I had filed this video away in memory. I ordered my set today. I don't know if 4 years ago they had this, but now they can key your door lock to match. But, only for the all-in-one key, not tubular, like you have. I also forgot about the discount, added bonus. Thanks for blazing a trail for all rv.
Yes. That all-in-one key is something new that I just heard about too. Glad you circled back.
Wow, I that is crazy that so many RV's have the same key to open locks. Thank you for making another awesome video! You are so good at this!
Hey You have here just what I Was Looking for. I was looking to do the same thing , using one key to replace some worn out looks I had actually broke one of my keys off in the look. Thanks man.
I’m watching more of you “How To” videos on tip for RV owners.
This is Great Information.
God Bless & Keep it up my man.Very Useful tips.
Again Thanks
Great video, used these on my previous RV with great success, gonna do it again on current RV.
Thank you so much for this! I knew the keys were universal, but as a single, older woman without much assistance - was dreading how to approach this project. I will be heading to the Mexico-U.S. border in a few weeks to volunteer with the Refugee Health Alliance (I am an RN/midwife)...this will give me a little more peace of mind taking my MH into that challenging environment. Thanks again!
Great solution to having almost a universal key. Thank you for the video.
This is a great and VERY important video and I am so glad it exists to spread the word that people with RVs need to change out their CH751 locks, however the type of locks that you are using to replace them are known to the lock picking community to be the easiest to open. I am not joking, with no experience anyone can open up a tubular lock as long as they have the right tool. So please read this comment and take it seriously. Please respond to me and I will show you just how bad this type of lock can be and how it is almost as bad a a CH751 lock.
Brian, thanks for the awesome video. Just bought my first RV and will definitely be looking into these replacement locks. I have used Industrial Lock and Hardware in my role as a Facilities Manager and have had nothing but excellent service.
Thanks for sharing your experience with ILH Ed. I'll be sure to pass that on them. I've had a great experience with them as well. Cheers.
Thanks - great video! I was shocked when I found out that my new RV had the CH751 keys, so the first thing I did when I got the RV home was to remove all the locks and take them down to my local locksmith and have them rekeyed. Either way, it is a quick and easy mod which every RVer should consider before filling the storage compartments with all your expensive goodies! BTW - the door lock on many Rvs is also a standard key. My salesman put his 5th wheel key in the door of my new class A and unlocked the door! This is a subject which is seldom mentioned. Buyer beware!!
I was just at the Seattle RV Show over the weekend and seriously spotted several new RVs with what looked like CH751 locks. I should have taken my old keys there to try them out. That's good info on the door lock. I'll have to check that out. Thanks Frank!
Awesome! I had no idea you could get keyed replacement locks. Thanks man!
My husband and I are considering full time RV living. I had no idea that the storage compartment locks are universal! Will definitely tell him that this is our first priority if we do this! Thanks for putting this video out! If you or anyone who reads my comment any and all advice is welcome! Rather learn before investing and realizing it's not for us!
I like having the new locks on for sure. But honestly, I never had any theft issues with the old locks on. They just wore out and these new ones are much better.
Just came across this. Exactly what I was looking for. Increased security for around $30. Just subscribed. I'll be checking out your other videos. Thanks again.
Thanks for the great info. I just ordered 10 for my coach. Little more expensive than yours was but happy with the customer service with the company 125.00 for all shipped.
Thank so much for taking the time to do this video. New subscriber!
excellent video for a positive secure lock on the storage area in the basement.
Great Video. Good usable information. Having everything keyed alike has it's benefits indeed. Yes, locks keep the honest people out. A flat pry-bar is a good alternative master key. Works on most compartments and doors.
Just ordered replacements for all my locks, expensive but worth it, the discount code still works too!!! Thanks for the video.
Awesome. Glad to hear the code is still working 👍
Great information Tito, thumbs up! I clicked on the link and ordered a set for my camper.
+rv Lee Great! Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you! Exactly the information I was looking for😊
I went to them for replacement locks because of you. Now I'm trying to install
Great Video. Adding to my list of things to add to our rig that will be here next month.
Thank you for sharing this video. It is very informative and helpful. I will change my locks. A person wrote in their comment, if someone wants to break in, they will but it is good to know that someone does not have the same key as you do. Thank you
I'm glad you found it helpful. I'm still enjoying my new locks. Also, a little squirt of lube in the locks once a year will keep the action nice and smooth.
I have been looking high and low for cam locks that meet the cam length, barrel length, and barrel diameter. It's enough to drive a man to drink. I really wish I found your video sooner to simply go to Industrial Locks & Hardware. Thanks so much for the great advice.
They can literally make any size. I've been to their shop and seen them do it.
Great vid! You just solved my problem. I'm remodelling an old aluminum camper and just want everything keyed the same and for them all to work. Yes, thieves will get in if they want in bad enough but Being a retired Cop I can tell you that simple "target hardening" will prevent 90% of theft. Criminals are lazy by nature. Thanks for posting.
Great to hear. Thanks for sharing your expertise on this.
finally got around to doing the same thing on our camper. Thanks for the idea
Thanks Brian. Another great video. Safe travels. BG
We have replaced many locks for a commercial customer . He wanted many trailers to have the same keys. The keys were uncommon to the trailers. We keyed the compartments and the man doors to the same keys. Bauer is the company that manufacturers these. Good info.
Thanks for the tip maybe we'll see you around this year! We live in Washington too!
This is great as I am preparing to replace locks. Super! Thank you.
Good luck Bruce. You won't be dissapointed.
thanks Tito for the discount code and the tips. these are nice locks and the tubular cam locks are so easy to use. i had to cut a couple of the old locks off with a cut off tool as they did not want to come off and i didnt want to take a chance of damaging the fiberglass. i put the new locks on with a 7/8 socket using only my hand and not a ratchet and tried to balance getting the new locks tight so they would not move and not to over compress the fiberglass door which is not hard to do.
Glad to help. Yes depending on your rig, there may be some minor manipulation required :)
Thank you for this information it really is appreciated It's exactly the information I was looking for Thank you for this video Happy New Year!
The first thing I did when I recently bought my new trailer was to replace the China bomb tires with made in the USA Goodyear Endurance tires. The second thing I did was to replace my CH 751 keyed locks with the same locks as Tito has. Very easy install. I did have to bend the latches slightly so they would lock. There are inserts supplied so you can use your old latches, but the latches have curved corners and the inserts are squared, so you would need to grind them down to make them work. And for the outside shower door, the lock barrel was too large, so I had to do a little filing so it would pass through, but it's just a cheap plastic door. But all in all, a very easy install and now I can throw away my CH 751 keys.
Me too. Some of my latches took a little bit of tweaking as well on a couple new compartments I put locks on. All good though.
Thanks Tito! Been looking for cam locks for the last hour you helped a lot!
Great! Glad it helped. Theres a follow up video to this too. Hope you saw that as well.
Mahalo brah, for the tips and information. This kamaaina feels so lucky, 'cos this video and link to the source are so timely. I've been 'futting' around with replacement locks that had cylinders way too short!
Howzit brudda! :)
Hay Tito, just ordered a dozen cam locks. Thanks for the discount code.
Awesome! Enjoy those locks.
Brian excellent video as usual, very informative. Thanks
Hey thanks!!
Every RV that I purchase, this is one of the first things that I do.
Thanks man. I was just looking at these on Amazon a few hours ago. Much appreciated.
You bet. Glad to help.
Thank you this is a very helpful video.
Thank you exactly what i was looking for a 1 key solution for all the locks to my toy hauler.
Hey, awesome tip, I'm totally doing this to all of my hatches. One of the big problems with the keys also is that sometimes it's hard to know what direction to put them in the lock. We have renters and they've broken about 2 keys thus far so I think this is the right move!
Good point. I don't think you can break these keys.
@@RVwithTito Right, I think you'd have to really be trying to break one of these keys if that's even possible using your bare hands. The other keys, however, snap all too easily and are probably not the best types of keys for latches that often don't fit exactly right and can be a struggle. Thanks again for the great content, you did a good job showing how to do this upgrade and I appreciate the links.
Thank you! We just bought a new camper and having most camper storage across all maker's and models keyed with the same key is ridiculous. This has bothered me since I learned about it. This is the next mod.
Great idea Brian as I did it to my RV.
Yeah we're wanting to change our locks as well. Thnx for the vid😀👍
You're welcome. I think the price has gone up a little since I did mine. Just FYI.
Really a nice and informative video...thanks for all your info and work!
You're welcome. Glad to help.
Thats badass! I'm getting some for our trailer.
Great tip, just what I need. Thanks
Great video and so easy to do!
Fantastic!! Thank you for your video, of great research, and installation!! I'm grateful for you
Glad it helped you out. Cheers!
I never new this until someone commented that all CH751 locks are all keyed the same. My pickups locking fuel door uses one of these keys. To my surprise my fuel door key opened every compartment door that I tried at last years RV show (about 8 of them). Thank goodness my trailer came with the "slam latch" style which is much more secure because there are a total of 50 different key codes available.
I appreciate so much you advise, thank you!
I ordered 8 lock sets and thanks for the discount
Great info. Thanks for posting it.
thanks so much. been looking for this info
Tubes can be picked easily... However, the magnetic locks are AWESOME. I'll be doing that!
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Always enjoy an RVwithTito video! Don't have any of these locks...but, still informative!
Chris DIYer Thanks Chris! On my way to the Seattle RV Show now to give seminars on Solar. Woo hoo!
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I changed all of ours as well and they work great
Great to hear. Thanks.
Another great vid! Thanks! I'm doing this
William Adamczyk It's super easy and well worth it. Good luck.
Thanks for the intel, Tito!!
You're welcome
Another excellent video. Many thanks :)
Zen Zen You are welcome!
Thank you for this video. I prefer the locks you installed that use that special key. The standard keys are a pain and they eventually wear out.
You're welcome. I've had them for many years now and they are still working well. Good company too. I visited them in Jan and actually saw how they made them. Pretty cool. I'll share the video at some point.
As a former criminal, none of this would slow me down. If anything, it would cause more RV damage to protect your $30 lawn chair.
It's like locking a convertible top car. Not only will things be stolen, the top will be cut too.
Great info. Thanks you just solved a problem, I bought a used unit and am missing some keys.
My wife thinks I'm crazy as we are just in the looking for an RV stage and I already have several links saved for things I'm going to do to the RV. This one is one of the first I'm going to do. :)
I plan on doing this as well. Thanks for the link.
You bet! Good luck.
Cool! I may do this and replace both locks and thumb twist on mine.
Great. You won't regret it.
Just ordered the cam locks. Some shady folks in my RV park right now. My 2006 locks simply rusted out. Looking forward to the replacements. I will outfit all of the storage bays as soon as I can afford them.
Thanks so much for all of the great RV info!
Great. Good luck with the install 👍
@@RVwithTito I had to order the backing plates, and a dust covers for all of the locks. These items are called "accessories" but I consider them essentials. The cam locks themselves are beautiful. The web site could use some tweaking.
@@smokey6034 Hi, we would love to hear what you think we need to improve on our website. Thank you in advance.😀
I been looking for a place to get the same lock as well. Thank you very much I will be placing an order
Papa Drew's family RV channel Yes...totally worth it. These are much better than the originals.
Thank you for the great video. We're glad you're happy with your purchase.
I was going to post this question to Tito but since you're here :)
How common is the barrel key that you provide? The RV I am buying comes from a rental fleet so I am sure there's a million keys for every lock on it. I'll be a solo female full timer so getting as many locks replaced with a *more unique* key will be a priority.
Could I also use these as a replacement for my bass boat storage/rod locker locks?
@@bridgetmurray1163 We normally don't check comments on videos so I apologize for taking 3 years to respond to your question. LOL. There is a total of 10,000 possible key combinations for our Tubular locks. What we do that no other seller does is we keep track of every single key code we produce. This means that we do not assign the same code to two customers in the same geographical area. For example if code X1965 was assigned to John Doe in Tampa the next time we have reuse code X1965 we will assign it to a customer in the west coast.
@@madison.outdoors6559 You definitely can, you just need to know the size of the lock you require. Apologies for the late reply.
I also ordered locks to replace the non keyed twist locks that were on compartments that had a 731 key lock and the twist lock on the other end. If you only replace the one side a thief can open the twist lock and use a pry bar or large screwdriver into the opening and bust the door open.
Thank you for the video and link to the lock folks...exactly what I've been looking for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to help. Enjoy your new locks!
can't breath with that a Clown nose, don't reproduce Seattle doesn't need more of u
Hi! I'm a Gramma who wants to be an RVer. Recently, someone breached all our outside compartments becuz one side of the compartment only has a toggle no lock & key. The intruders had a small slim entry, they just popped the locked side and bent the little piece of metal to successfully breached all the compartments, except the smaller ones that only had the lock. I am not very DIY but I am learning! I thought change all to locking type and use the one key type you used for your demo, maybe longer, stronger latch? Thank you for your instructional videos.
Being a newbie RVer, who has the CH751 keyed compartments, this is certainly an upgrade that we had already planned on making. Also from what I read last year, (not exactly sure were I read it now though, or if it is even true), but I read that the RVs that have the old CH751 locks on the compartments, also some may share the same entry door keys as well. The doors don't use the same CH751 keys as the compartments do, but they were brought out with only a limited number of different door keys, (like 5 or 10 different keys only), so the odds that someone's key matches your door is possible. So we plan to change our door lock as well. In this day and time you can't be too safe. I've often wondered why the Generator compartment doesn't have a lock on them too for when it's not being used. It seems to me that with the price of those things they'd put a lock on that compartment to keep them from sprouting legs and getting stolen when your RV is sitting at an isolated campsite, or you're out boon docking somewhere, and have left the area to go out site seeing. LOL just my thought.
+crackerjack4u I did put a lock on the generator compartment too. I suppose someone could just fire it up with the manual start too...perhaps a joke you could play on your buddy at the campsite. Start it up, run away, and never tell him :)
LOL, yelp, that very well could happen.
Great info,
Thank you! Been looking to do this : )
Thick_Cut_Bacon You're welcome!
What about the door lock? Thanks for sharing your experience and what an easy fix.
Well done, will look to get some
Very worth it. I'll probably do a follow up video soon. I dropped in to their shop for a visit back in Jan.
Thanks - great video!
You're wecome. FYI - You can now get 10% off with RVWITHTITO coupon code. 👍
wow thank you i need like 10 and so easy to order them
Thanks for the heads up great ideas. The things you discuss in the video are also relevant to fishermen who need to lock battery/charger/rod compartments. Quick question; I've had a bit of a struggle locating stainless locks designed to last longer in a marine (fresh water) setting. Are those you installed in the video stainless? Thanks again and be safe!
I used your code - Thanks!
Tito is king!
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Super informative. Thanks! I'm going to order these. Probably a dumb question but to find out the size of your lock, do you just need to take it out and measure it? I was hoping there's another way because my trailer is parked outside the city in a storage facility and I'd like to get these ordered right away.
Is there a way to find detailed specs on your trailer online?
Again....thanks for a great video!
Wow thanks tito...i love my r.v gotta change 5hose l8cks
You can do it!
Thank you so much for making this video. Quick Q, did it have the weather seal on the outside to sandwich between the lock and the door? I see black stuff but not sure if it came with the locks.
Just want to let you know that your videos really help me out a lot I'm a newbie and it's very much appreciated
I changed my rv locks from the crappy C-751 to another one ,but when i changed them the cylinder of the new lock moves left to right when I lock and unlock them any pointers on how to fix this ,it would be so appreciated
Thanks a lot
It's adjustable. There's a little ring thing that goes on the back under the screw I think (like a washer). Flip it over or rotate it to change the direction of the lock. That should fix it.
I think for security reason you can change the other side of that door to a key lock :) I plan to do that!
Great upgrade, Brian! I'm going to assume that this wasn't just shot, since T-shirt, shorts and sunshine are in short supply right about now, and I'd be super jealous. ;-)
You would be correct though a couple parts were shot just the other night. I'm sure you could guess which ones. Yes shorts and t-shirts certainly sounds good right now. I have to cover myself in a blanket while watching Jason and Nikki's tropical videos.
Brian you are awesome sir. Gonna post my question in my own comment section, so I'm not stealing from RVgeeks.
Did you end up changing your thumb latches as well? That would make them more secure and be a bit more of a deterrent. I'll be doing the barrel lock upgrade when we start our run-up to spring camping. The previous owner of our Trailmanor changed the door locks to a residential style lockset so that adds some peace of mind.
Great video,this is definitely on my to do list by spring. I see you posted this in February but you're wearing shorts and there is sunshine involved. You must of done this video a while back or you found sunshine somewhere other than the NW..Jeff in Bend Oregon wondering if we will have a Spring.
Jeffrey Thompson Yeah you are right. I've been trying out these locks for a while before making a video about it. Had I done it last weekend, my RV would be covered in snow :)
Just measured and ordered my set for our RV, BTW the coupon still works. Thanks Titio!
Hi Tito thanks for the video. We have locks with black handles incorporated. Anyone happen to know where we could get those? Aso is there a video that explains installation. I need to add a second one to each door on my fifth wheel we just purchased. I looked in Amazon of course but curious to see if the Rv community has other suppliers to compare. Thank you for your help.
Brian I have the exact rv that you have. 2007 32 four-winds 31f. I have made several up dates that you have suggested.My question is on the locks that you replaced on the outside compartments.you measured 1-1/2 cams. Mine came to 1-3/8.I came up with 11. DO you think I error ed and would 1/1/2 work for me . Great channel.