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Today, we returned from a fantastic 3 week trip to Colorado and New Mexico.
ONE MORE THING REGARDING THE DOOR LOCK...
After leaving NM Thursday, we traveled over a horrendous 100 miles of Oklahoma hiway enroute to KS … ugh...when we arrived at our campground in Elkhart KS ...we were locked in the Axis !! After using our handy handle with 100 (it seems) different heads...we removed the inside cover to the locking mech...which appeared to be working ok...Ron climbed out the passenger side window and worked on it from the outside to no avail....some wonderful fellow campers/locals … stopped to help and offered to call the local locksmith. He came quickly...and couldn't figure out what was wrong either.. He and Ron finally, pulling on the door and me pushing from inside got it to pop open...PROBLEM BEING..the screws which hold the striker plate had worked loose during the time on the bad road...and jammed the door. Screwed them in...we will use locktite to prevent any future problem like that...ALL IS WELL and the fella who came out wouldn't take any $$..it was his pleasure to help us. There are still nice folks in this world !!

In addition... we DO spray Silicone on the striker plate and locking piece which hits the striker plate. We do not lubricate the inner workings of the lock. Ron does make sure to tighten, regularly, those screws on the inside panel of the lock plate...since he noticed they work loose.

That road has been less than perfect in 2 other trips using it as a return to KS...however this time, it felt like it was going to shake everything loose. We had to tighten the screws which old the Night Shade bracket in place too!

That is our story regarding the problems ! Next post will be photos of our terrific 20 yr old Jeep Sport traversing the mountain roads of Colorado and NM.

Happy Camping to you all !

Ron and Kay