lock on trailer door - Event Date: 16 Jun 2013

  Got our r-pod from a private buyer. Am learning about it and getting it ready. My husband is teaching for a few more weeks, so it has been up to me to see what we need.  It has been extremely maddening trying to get in it.  It seems that sometimes, I could unlock it, other times it would not open. I did not know if there was a sequence to it or what! Finally had my husband come out to see what I was doing wrong. Same thing. Sometimes it would work and sometimes not.  Finally figured out that one key seems to work all the time, and the other one works sometimes.Has anyone else had a hard time with the lock,even the one key that usually works is very hard to turn. It is a 2012 177

Spray some lube into the lock.  Use the straw type applicator and insert it like you would put in the key then a couple of quick squirts. I had a similar problem it took care of it, hope that might help

Or deadbolt always gives my wife fits to the point I lock and unlock the trailer for her.  I have used lube on the lock but still tight. 

Originally posted by David and Danette We have one of our outside storage compartment locks that gets stuck half the time, have tried lubricant but doese'nt seem to help much. One day I will get around to replacing the lock.     David

David, I have had similar problems with storage compartment locks in the past.  Most of the time if you push in on the cover just below the lock while you are turning the key, you will not have the problem.  Usually the locking arm on the lock is pressing against the inside bead of the compartment opening.  A few times I had to bend that arm inward to decrease the friction between the 2 surfaces.

Bob

Originally posted by 21grandma   Got our r-pod from a private buyer. Am learning about it and getting it ready. My husband is teaching for a few more weeks, so it has been up to me to see what we need.  It has been extremely maddening trying to get in it.  It seems that sometimes, I could unlock it, other times it would not open. I did not know if there was a sequence to it or what! Finally had my husband come out to see what I was doing wrong. Same thing. Sometimes it would work and sometimes not.  Finally figured out that one key seems to work all the time, and the other one works sometimes.Has anyone else had a hard time with the lock,even the one key that usually works is very hard to turn. It is a 2012 177

If lube did not resolve the problem, chances are that the one key is not quite properly cut.  Have another copy made of the good key and the problem should be resolved.  This does not sound like a lock problem, but a key problem.

Bob