Well, I'm just a retired working class guy, I like to save a buck when I can. I replaced the door latch TWICE and, of course, you can't just buy the latch you need....you have to buy a PAIR. Part of the problem was the door itself (alignment), I should have addressed that before now. This time I have addressed it and the door opens and closes like butter. With the latch mechanism itself, what I don't like is that the operating lever is held on the rotating "shaft" by a peening process. In both failures, the lever popped off the peened end of the "shaft". This "shaft" has a square hole thru the center. After measuring this square hole, I determined that a 7/16 course thread could be tapped. Then I got a 7-16-14 FULL THREAD bolt, cut it to the proper length so that the end is flush when installed, and then installed it with red loctite. Just saLatch.jpgved myself $130.
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