Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
 

Go Back   Thor Forums > Thor Tech Forums > Maintenance and Repair
Click Here to Login
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search Log in
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 11-02-2020, 03:53 PM   #1
Junior Member
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: AXIS
State: Florida
Posts: 13
THOR #16811
Lightbulb Drawers are not locking in place on a Thor axis

Having problems with drawers not locking will traveling and how to remove then Thank you in advance

__________________
Traveling man is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-02-2020, 04:31 PM   #2
Senior Member
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Tuscany 42GX
State: Missouri
Posts: 1,158
THOR #9178
Typically the drawer slides are installed about 3/16 inch to far in

Bit difficult to relocate

Look them over closely and note where the drawer stops in relation to the catches
__________________
lwmcguir is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-02-2020, 04:41 PM   #3
Junior Member
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: AXIS
State: Florida
Posts: 13
THOR #16811
Quote:
Originally Posted by lwmcguir View Post
Typically the drawer slides are installed about 3/16 inch to far in

Bit difficult to relocate

Look them over closely and note where the drawer stops in relation to the catches
Thank you have notice they are damage will have to replace them is always good to come here for a second opinion one's Thank you
__________________
Traveling man is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-02-2020, 04:56 PM   #4
Axis/Vegas Enthusiast
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Axis 24.4
State: Michigan
Posts: 9,837
THOR #1150
Sometimes the latches do break and have to be replaced--I've replaced a few on ours.
__________________
2022 Thor Axis 24.4
2021 Mach-E
blog - https://spareelectrons.wordpress.com/
JamieGeek is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-02-2020, 05:10 PM   #5
Senior Member
 
Judge's Avatar
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2020 Magnitude SV34
State: Florida
Posts: 4,151
THOR #12751
I keep spares in our coach......

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1
__________________
Judge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-02-2020, 06:34 PM   #6
Senior Member
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Hurricane 31S
State: Texas
Posts: 4,177
THOR #6411
Quote:
Originally Posted by Judge View Post
__________________
Jim & Roy Davis
2016 Hurricane 31S
1961 Rampside in tow
Beau388 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-02-2020, 08:46 PM   #7
Member
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Four Winds 35SK
State: Arizona
Posts: 71
THOR #14346
The spares Judge mentioned should work. These things do break. To remove your sliding drawer, when fully extended, you will find two plastic levers inline with the drawer on the inner slide. One goes up when pushed, and the other one down. Then you can slide the drawer out. If the female portion, usually on the frame of the coach, which has a lever, is visible and closed, then odds are its broken. I have tried a several times to pry open and it rarely works. It is a pretty easy swap, BUT, these do come in different sizes and if you try to ah.. "interbreed" them.... they usually will not "mate" up. Good news is the screw holes usually do. Just swap out male and female portion from same order of spares.

Overall not a tough job at all.

Good luck
__________________
PS Cruisign is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-17-2020, 10:54 PM   #8
Junior Member
 
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Windsport 34R
State: Texas
Posts: 21
THOR #21191
I had similar problem. found that the "female" side of the catch had closed preventing the male from locking in. I used a screwdriver to open the female side catch and then reinstalled on drawer and everything worked great.
__________________
1129Fran is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2020, 01:44 AM   #9
Senior Member
 
Travelin' Texans's Avatar
 
Brand: Redwood
Model: 36FB
State: Arizona
Posts: 1,766
THOR #3610
Got tired of replacing those cheap constantly breaking plastic latches so replaced with these
Click image for larger version

Name:	everbilt-cabinet-latches-9265596-64_1000.jpg
Views:	44
Size:	41.6 KB
ID:	27204
they actually held better than the originals. The difficult part was where to mount them.
__________________
Fulltimed 10+ years
Sold '13 Thor Redwood 36 FB
Traded '13 GMC Denali DRW D/A
Replacement undetermined
Travelin' Texans is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by

Disclaimer:

This website is not affiliated with or endorsed by Thor Industries or any of its affiliates. This is an independent, unofficial site.


Thor Motor Coach Forum - Crossroads RV Forum - Redwood RV Forum - Dutchmen Forum - Heartland RV Forum - Keystone RV Forum - Airstream Trailer Forum


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:44 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2