So it only took something like two years but finally I can retire the blue strap that's holding the door shut on the Pepsi machine.
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Someone was selling full latch sets on Bonanza for $45USD which was half what I last saw anyone selling even partial sets for. In the end though after currency conversion and shipping I ended up paying around $100CAD for the damn thing, which in reality all I was after was the damn steel latch cam.
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However as it turned out I would need the whole assembly anyways. The first thing I discovered when I installed the cam was that the T-groove on the inside of the machine did not fit the cam. Vendo had more than one type of cam it seems.....
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Deciding not to start cutting up the brand new cam I instead messed with the T-groove bracket as it was a thinner metal that I could flex and move about a little on its mounts. I was able to get the door to close and tightly latch, however in the process the latch jammed in the locked position.......
So I guess it was a good thing after all that I got a complete second latch set because I ended up completely destroying the original latch in order to get back into the machine.
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Eventually I decided the best way to make this work was to cut one half of the T-groove off and bolt the bracket as far inwards as it could go. Now the door will close and tightly latch without the possibility of jamming and I can still open and close it.
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