The Cessna 120-140 Association Forum

The cam in the door latch is broken at the pivot point. It seems that good used latches are hard to find and I really dont need to replace the whole thing. Before I go through the process of making my own, is there a good source for the latch part of the door mechanism?

Have you tried the salvage yards.........it may be your best option. However if you look in the parts book and post the exact p/n you need I can scour the FBO parts site and see if anyone has something.

A couple of the larger parts distribution companies, "Preferred" in Ohio and "Airframe components by Williams" in Kendallville Ohio seem to have a remarkable assortment of used Cessna parts. They buy up old dealerships, FBO's parts lots and attend about every GA Aviation auction that comes up.

So I took your advice and found the part code in the parts catalog and I was not ready for what I found.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194498886317

https://www.univair.com/cessna/parts/04 ... oor-catch/

I cannot believe that this part is $400 NOS or $785 New each!

I think that Ill be coming up with my own.

Hmmmm, "pocket change?"

Now that I know what you're looking for, if you have a little time (early next week), let me see if I can't scrounge up a better option(price) for you. Chances are someone has one of these on the shelf somewhere.........they'd love to get rid of.

I'm about 99% sure mine are not aluminum.

Mine are phenolic.

Preferred Airparts shows 5 on hand. Call them for a price...

Prob of no use, but there are some for sale on Ebay with different part # (Bird Dog?)...and, I'm told that they won't work. And, since I don't have'em handy to compare/measure, I'm assuming that's true. $30 bucks no doubt too good to be...still, they appear very similar (below). Could they be "adjusted" to fit? Again, IDK. (Ebay # 263638578846).
Mac

FWIW If it were me and after checking Preferred ( good folks that I have used) and still price not in budget, I would order the Ebay and use cam from other door as template and visit a local machine shop for possible "adjustment", if one couldn't make ones own adjustment. 2c

Maybe a job for someone with a good 3D printer...