Cab latch working but not

[Dokatd]

Im having issues with my cab latch. I'm guessing the bracket is bent? I've seen that there is a bend in the bracket possibly from the factory, but could mine be over bent? The latch works seamlessly by hand and the lock pin snaps in place with authority. But when the cab latch seats the pin won't set. It looks like everything seats pretty solidly, but maybe not as square as it should. Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

[Ronmar]

Y0ur bracket is bent. Light is terrible for me to get a pic of mine but it is straight along the red line seen in this pic… take it off put it in a press and push it where the long arrow is seen, you want to have it flatter where the small arrow is seen.

basically when installed the bracket should be parallel with the top of the latch block and your’s is not. There is usually a thin buffer washer and the latch plate is installed with a little slop to allow the latch plate a little flex so it can do any required final alignment with the top of the block. It needs to be really close to perfectly aligned to get the latch pin deep enough into the latch to get the catch to capture it…




here is a very dark image of mine but you can see it well enough to tell that it is straight…

 

[Dokatd]

Can't imagine how that bracket gets bent, but I suspected it was bent. But Inhave seen a few others similarly bent so I wasn't sure. I will pull it and straighten it out. Unfortunately the cab appears to be slightly bent back there too.