Opened the tailgate today & the lock came off in my hand. After faffing around for half an hour, it’s buggered. The screw just isn’t threading into the lock. It’s a JK own brand, looking at the recommendations it’s a common problem. Need to replace ASAP as van isn’t on a drive. Recommendations please?
Try and find a replacement Brazilian one from the usual suspects. They’re fine (as long as you don’t overtighten the screw ).
At least its slightly hard to open without a push button. Buy a metal one, swap the barrel. The likes of Alan Schofield sell a chrome one .. on that you wont cross the thread. By the way, the screw threads on the OG metal ones are fairly iffy too - if mine is anything to go by the thread was only partly there from new.
Tap and helicoil, or replace with a metal one. If you're local to Bracknell I'll hellicoil it for a beer.
Try Custom and Commercial, if you want an original lock, you post them your key and they will reshim a good original lock, it's the more expensive option, however.
Drill the hole out, tap, thread wire insert in, break tang... Job done. It really is that easy, especially if just thread repairing as the drilling is only slightly bigger than the existing hole Look on ebay, you can get a kit with the correct size drill, tap & insert, id guess you need m5 be about £5