Why and how do the tabs at the end of the latches break
Thanks for the trick.
As a engineer, I asked myself « How did these tabs break ?»
As far as I can tell, they broke because I released the latch too soon as the window was coming down from the highest position. The spring pushed the tab out and it got caught in the middle hole and snapped.
I am glad that I was not able to reset the spring tension after replacing the latch and I now have to push the tab into the desired holes. A very minor inconvenience.
I plan to release the springs on all my windows to avoid breaking other tabs (by loosening the screws).
Thanks a bunch for the info on Dremeling out the ribs. Far easier than removing the window. I can't believe the engineers at Lippert came up with such a convoluted method. Being an Engineer myself, I would have never gotten away with such a design. The only reason I can think that they did was the Lippert told them to design something that would break easily and require shop time to replace.
Thanks for the trick.
As a engineer, I asked myself « How did these tabs break ?»
As far as I can tell, they broke because I released the latch too soon as the window was coming down from the highest position. The spring pushed the tab out and it got caught in the middle hole and snapped.
I am glad that I was not able to reset the spring tension after replacing the latch and I now have to push the tab into the desired holes. A very minor inconvenience.
I plan to release the springs on all my windows to avoid breaking other tabs (by loosening the screws).