door locker catches sticking

Can anyone give me advice on where to buy new cupboard door catches, a couple seem to be sticking. Have tried WD40 with no luck!! 
We have broadway 2 berth rear lounge 2009 model, any help is very welcome

Hi
   I think WD40 actually makes some things worse and it reacts badly with some plastics,I would clean it off and perhaps try a PTFE spray,I am sure you will get a lot more advice
regards
Alan

There are many types of catches in use. Can you post a photo or try to give a detailed description?

Hi Peter , push button on the outside and grey plastic inside, small latch on inside sticks in so door is open all the time.
Van in storage but will take a photo next time I am there.
Thanks

This has worked for us in the past by slightly loosening the fixing screws to the cupboards/drawers. Seemed to happen more so during winter months.

Paramedic wrote:This has worked for us in the past by slightly loosening the fixing screws to the cupboards/drawers. Seemed to happen more so during winter months.

I agree with both comments.

The worst thing you can do is add any form of lubricant, anything at all makes them more sticky. If you remove them they easily come to bits to clean.

Philinb,

Grey?  Sticking?
I'll bet it's one of these you are describing.......

https://www.fenneluk.com/products-buy-now/handle-catch-43.4653.0001

Derek

Anything useful on here?

http://www.auto-sleepers.com/media/2014/12/Auto-Sleeper-Parts-Enquiry-Clearance-Sale-May-2016.pdf

I got sick of pulling mine to bits and cleaning them, so I looked carefully to see where they were sticking and gave them a taste of the belt sander. 

Just a caress to thin down the slider a bit, and they have been no trouble ever since.

gemdeco wrote:Hi
   I think WD40 actually makes some things worse and it reacts badly with some plastics,I would clean it off and perhaps try a PTFE spray,I am sure you will get a lot more advice
regards
Alan

Agree 100% PTFE every time never WD40.

Gromit wrote:I got sick of pulling mine to bits and cleaning them, so I looked carefully to see where they were sticking and gave them a taste of the belt sander. 

Just a caress to thin down the slider a bit, and they have been no trouble ever since.

Ah the caress of the belt sander! Just be carefull as belt sanders love your fingers just as much - OUCH!

Hi Derek
The fenneluk mechanism looks just like the one we need, will just check size first,
Thanks for your help.
Philinb

Thanks everyone for your posts, very helpful suggestions and no more WD40 for us!!
Philin

I had a cupboard with a button sticking too. I took it apart and couldn't see what was wrong so put it back together again and it still stuck. As an experiment I took a catch off another door and fitted it to the sticking door and it worked without sticking. I put the sticking button into the other door and it didn't stick in that door so left them whre they are. So........... try swapping with another door.

John

My catches were stuck so went round all of them with a Dry lube spray and they work fine now, Phiilinb Sounds like you got same as mine same year, one was a bit stuck so i took the press button out cleaned and sprayed and it is fine now.

Like these.

philinb wrote:Thanks everyone for your posts, very helpful  suggestions and no more WD40 for us!!
Philin

Hi and welcome to the forum from Bridlington. 
Boaby

I got fed up with fiddling with them and now resort to violence!

I took all mine apart on our year old Broadway FB, cleaned them and lubricated them sparingly with synthetic grease. 
Did the trick and when we sold the van 2 years later they were still working fine 
I also stripped down the bathroom door lock and lubricated that.

johnsons baby oil in a squiber , spray . I use it on everything , works on my catches .
also use it on anything black to make it shiney . in fact it has millions of uses

R1GURU wrote:johnsons baby oil in a squiber , spray . I use it on everything , works on my catches .
also use it on anything black to make it shiney . in fact it has millions of uses

Johnsons baby oil is lethal in a van, it melts adhesive and anything it comes into contact that is supposed to stick on, drops off. We used to keep a bottle in the bathroom cabinet that had sliding doors in runners stuck on with double sided tape. The catastrophic failure of the adhesive ejected the mirrors that were smashed.

Evening all 
I had th same problem dismantled the locks cleaned them and greased them with a little 
Vasalin it don't melt or run and it don't dry up I use it ia lot on electric connections to stop caroshun
Jim

philinb wrote:Can anyone give me advice on where to buy new cupboard door catches, a couple seem to be sticking. Have tried WD40 with no luck!! 
We have broadway 2 berth rear lounge 2009 model, any help is very welcome

These appear to seize up for some reason in winter.  If you simply wait until it gets warmer, they'll work.  If you can't wait, a hair dryer will loosen them up in about 5 minutes.

Took mine apart and greased them lightly. This worked for me.

Bad Penny wrote:Took mine apart and greased them lightly. This worked for me.

Did the same and it worked for a while, so I took them apart again and caressed them gently on the belt sander.
That brought them to heel and they have given no trouble since!