flyboyprowler Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 The door catches on our Dometic tech tower fridge, that allow the door to be left ajar are becoming very difficult to move. Does anyone have a solution tro either lubricate or clean them? *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Try some silicone spray. Our lock jammed on one occasion when the spring inside the slider mechanism got out of alignment. Was easily fixed by judicial use of a thin bladed screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Ainsley Assuming you still own a 2011 Le Voyageur motorhome, I’m guessing that the Dometic TecTower will be based on a 7-Series fridge/freezer and the latter’s door catches will be as shown here http://tinyurl.com/zfrosl2 The simplest approach would be to do as Robbo suggests and spray a ‘dry’ lubricant (silcone/PTFE) liberally into the catch’s mechanism. If that proves ineffective, you should be able to dismantle the catch easily enough to clean and lubricate its moving parts but (if the catches on my previous Hobby’s Dometic 6-Series fridge/freezer were anything to go by) you’d need to be a mite careful as some of the plastic bits aren’t very strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboyprowler Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 Thanks to you both. I am going down to the van later today so will start with a good spraying of silicone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 The catch on our previous van started to occasionally play up ( being stiff and/or jamming)..on ours one of the two little "flitches" on the underside of the "slide" ( that operate the cam/hook), started to let go, until such time as it broke altogether. The "flitches" on the replacement part were thicker (and had more plastic in their "root") and when fitted, the catch had a more definite action to it. (having said that our van would've been 2007-8 build ?..so the beefier part will probably already be on a 2011 van?...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboyprowler Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 Update, thanks everybody, the squirt of silicone did the trick, all smooooth now! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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