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Door catch repair

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:25 pm
by GavinL
The 'detent' Spring on my door catch is broken, any suggestions on how to repair? I'm toying with fitting a piece of Spring steel across the top with a rivet or similar to sit in the recess in the catch.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:11 am
by kennatt
don't think I would trust a repair on a door catch,could cause a problem if it failed and the door flew open,I would be looking for a second hand one ,must be plenty about.But suppose if repair done to your satisfaction then fair enough.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:20 am
by biomed32uk
Thats a common problem, there's a chap in Germany if I remember right that is making the springs, I bought a couple off of him to replace mine. I will look the details up for you and post them later on.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:39 am
by biomed32uk
Link is below to who supplied them to me, lovely people to deal with, they are in Austria so I was near... :D

http://www.paulparts.at/contents/en-uk/ ... s.html#p79

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:48 am
by GavinL
Brilliant, many thanks biomed, I'll drop him an email today.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:22 pm
by GavinL
So as an update I contacted Paul Parts, and they sent me a pair of springs by return, which arrived from Austria in a couple of days.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:41 pm
by biomed32uk
Excellent, glad it all worked out for you, makes a straight forward job of repairing them.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:30 am
by simmitc
Thank goodness that someone is making them - every door catch that I've ever removed has had that broken spring. Just to clarify the safety side, the spring holds the interior lever in place and stops it rattling about, but does not affect the operation of the door lock - the handle is a remote control operated by a long flat bar; so that broken spring does not increase the risk of a door flying open.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:35 pm
by jpallis001
Is it possible to replace the spring in the lock that 'pushes' the brass lock catch into the catch plate on the door pillar? I assume that the same spring returns the inside door handle to the forward position?

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:06 pm
by biomed32uk
Yes, the bolt assembly for want of a better word comes apart, but is held by the pin that goes to the operating rod. The pin is riveted to the bolt, I just turned a new one up.

Re: Door catch repair

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:32 pm
by Ian Jones
Glad you found a supplier. Just for reference, these people

http://www.albertasprings.co.uk/

have made unobtainable springs for me. They are friendly, reasonably priced considering they are one-offs, and prompt. They wanted to know what my example spring was off so they could make another for someone who didn't have an example.

Regards

Ian