door lock parts from r/c car?

[Dave Hord]

I'd suggest pulling one door lock apart, and bringing the pieces to your local
hobby shop.

Call the shops before-hand and see who specializes in R/C airplanes...there are
a greater number of sizes from Airplane manufacturers.

Then, just mix and match.

-Dave
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Quoting sneekerz at attbi.com:

> Greetings esteemed list;
>
> There was a post in the past few months about using some radio control car
> parts to replace the worn ball and socket bits on the type44 door locks. I'm
> at
> the point where the parts need to be replaced on my wagon, but can't put my
> browser on the specific note that told what parts and sizes were
> appropriate
> (archive searching resulted in lots of other stuff, but not what I needed).
> If
> anyone has that information or the posts, could you please p-mail it to me?
>
> On the brighter side, I can take the door apart, fix the lock, and put the
> door
> back together in very short order, but it's getting old...
>
> steve
> '86 5ktqa
> kent, wa
>