Chrome catch - disassembly / pin wear

[Roberto]

Hello, I have been trying to complete my set of catches, I recently acquired the one photographed without the fixings but am concerned about the pin.

The pin is retracted and is the "fixed" type (i.e. cannot dismantle). I am reluctant to pull the mechanism out as then I cannot return it. Is it likely that removal and greasing would fix the issue, or do they wear and then require replacement?



Thank you

[Peter Laidler]

This has been featured MANY times on this forum. Perhaps you could search and all will be answered to save duplication. But as I recall,, they CAN be stripped, made good and reassembled using a newly made part

[timmy201]

Grab the pin with some pliers and pull down and the retaining washer will come out. I've found if the end of the pin breaks a bit off off they won't lock very well.

[Roberto]

This has been featured MANY times on this forum. Perhaps you could search and all will be answered to save duplication. But as I recall,, they CAN be stripped, made good and reassembled using a newly made part

Thanks for your responses, I appreciate that it has been covered, I did search and found the thread which said to pull it down and the washer assembly will come out, but if doing so is likely to be unsuccessful, then I cannot return it as I would have dismantled it, hence I queried what the likelihood of success would be.

If I have to make up a new pin etc, I will just return it, it was sold as working and operational and was not a bargain price (which would have justified repair)

Does anyone have photographs of the internals of one? I cannot fine an exploded view of one as it were.

[coopersean]

Saw someone has started to reproduce these : https://becooper.shop/products/sliding-window-catch

[steve1071]

Here’s a picture of the ‘workings’