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Locking Door Handles for X doors
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I went with kascar, one time expense for piece of mind
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Check with McMaster-Carr: http://www.mcmaster.com/#push-to-close-door-latches/=zialai
This is a great site to know about for hardware of all kinds. They are great people, accept small orders, and have locations all across the country.
The latches are made by Southco here: http://www.southco.com/en-us/64?hid=7318&q=paddele%20latch
Kurt
This is a great site to know about for hardware of all kinds. They are great people, accept small orders, and have locations all across the country.
The latches are made by Southco here: http://www.southco.com/en-us/64?hid=7318&q=paddele%20latch
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Neither Kascar or AMG make their handles, they use these from Southco.
Well I got the southco latches and here is a pic of the back. I haven't had a chance to bring them to the hmmwv to see if I can make them work but I know they look a lot different than the ones on there. Has anyone installed latches like these ? If so, what did you have to do?
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I didn't get these from kascar. I wonder if kascar's look the same as mine on the back or if they have that little eyelet like the originals. Also if you look close at my pic, there is a threaded hole on the latch bar. Maybe there is a male threaded eyelet I could buy to Install there. Or maybe I could just drill a hole in the top part of the latch bar and stick the connecting rod that goes to the striker latch in it. Hard to know without having them both in hand
Well I had a little time to mess with the latches today. 86hmmwv, you are right about the holes being slightly off. Two of them will line up but the other two will have to be enlarged 1/16" or so. I went and bought (4) 1/4"x2" SS threaded eyebolts to try and make the latch work but it didn't look promising. I held the eyebolt loop in a pair of vice grip pliers and threaded a nut on to the stud part, I grabbed the nut with a pair of channel lock pliers and bent it to around 90 degrees. Everything works great even after repeatedly slamming the door and pulling on the latch rapidly. The only thing I need to do is use a pair of needle nose to bend the drop rod bracket around the eyebolt better. Here are some pics. Not bad for $11 a latch and a total of $5 worth of eyebolts.
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Does anybody have a pic of the back of the AMG or Kascar handles?
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Very nice! Which part number / model of door latch are those?
Southco part number: 64-50-412-50
A pivot pawl latch would have made it easier to modify but all the ones I saw had 8 holes drilled for attaching the base plate instead of the 4 holes like we need
A pivot pawl latch would have made it easier to modify but all the ones I saw had 8 holes drilled for attaching the base plate instead of the 4 holes like we need
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I dont one see the mounting holes on that latch in the link. Did you drill your own or is that the wrong latch?
I asked that on another forum......the come with holes.
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You can get whatever color HUMVEE locking door handles you want at FederalMilitaryParts.com It's also the only place I know of where you can buy HUMVEE locking door handles that lock from the INSIDE as well as the outside.