1968 sliding door Remote Control Lock assembly

[busdaddy]

Looks like a job for brass brazing, if you can find someone who knows how to do it these days. Alternately some welds and filing will extend it's life as you search for a replacement.
I doubt the 74+ latch will help, totally different part and method of latching.
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[soissisc]

Thanks Busdaddy, I figured the later latch would be pretty different inside, thank you for the confirmation.

We used to have a guy here that was a friend of my dad's, that could handle all of the welding and brazing needs with no problem. His name was Stanley. Stanley is not around anymore, I need to find a version of him in my generation. I am sure someone is out there locally.

Thank you for the reply.

Mark
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68 Westy
92 Jetta (oh it is retired)
99 Eurovan
05 NBC
06 Audi A3
72 Westy (I am going to fix it up)

[soissisc]

I decided to give a repair a shot. Sorry no pics.

I ended up adding a series of small tack welds from the underside where the smaller diameter boss is. From the underside it is actually the larger front diameter all the way through the plate, and then it is stepped down to the smaller diameter. So there is a small ring where you can walk a tiny weld up to the mate area.

I honestly think that small diameter post on the underside, where it contacts it's associated lever it is just one side, so if you had time you could figure out where you could get away with some larger more supportive welds on the underside. I didn't do that...

I shielded the small post with a piece of thin copper (I was afraid of weld jumping right up on that post, it is a small space for a clumsy amateur welder like myself) and did a small tack starting on the plate just outside the post to plate mate area. Then I ground that down with a file (at first, and then with a Dremel as added more tacks) and then did another tack, ground that back, etc, and so on. You have to make sure where you are welding next, you have room to get something in there to grind back anything that needs taken back to flush.

So I ended up getting little tacks on about 3/4 of the diameter. It felt pretty solid, but time will tell if I had enough weld penetration to last.

I think a good idea is to get a spare latch to carry if going on a trip. It seems that could maybe ruin things camping or whatever if the slider door is unopenable or the uncloseable.
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Mark

68 Westy
92 Jetta (oh it is retired)
99 Eurovan
05 NBC
06 Audi A3
72 Westy (I am going to fix it up)

[busdaddy]

Sounds good so far, time will tell.
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