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Bay Doors - SouthCo Latches - [email protected] - 03-09-2020

Has anyone had latches fail on their bay door latches? I have Southco Part: EM-03-43-340. One latch will not lock. I have a replacement kit. There is a bunch of insulation that looks like it will have to be removed in order to diagnose and repair the problem. Has anyone replaced these? 

Also since it is the forward latch that is not locking, do you think it will be problematic to drive the coach?

I have included pictures of the broken latch and parts.

Thanks,

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RE: Bay Doors - SouthCo Latches - Richard - 03-09-2020

What year coach please?

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RE: Bay Doors - SouthCo Latches - rundlc - 07-30-2020

I have this same issue on curbside front bay door, however mine is a side latch. The inner skin is held on with rivets, I plan on drilling these out tomorrow on my 05. It wont work with the keys either.

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RE: Bay Doors - SouthCo Latches - mickinuk - 08-03-2020

I have that same southco EM-03-43-340 latch. The solenoid in mine clicks a little but doesn't release the catch. First time this happened I noticed some rain water was on and around it.

Cheapest I've seen is on ebay at the moment (still looking).

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RE: Bay Doors - SouthCo Latches - CaptainGizmo - 06-22-2024

Renewing this thread, since the problem still plagues the masses and will only get worse.

Newell isn't going to order these old latches unless in bulk lots of 200!

So, has anyone found a source for the above model?

I'm helping some buddies who don't really wanna swap all of them out for the newer model.

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