I too found the answer to my lock problems. My favorite helper guy came to hlep, how about that, my camper lock was one of the first issues addressed. We took it apart, nothng sprang out as one of you folks told me, lubed it and just checked out the workings. All at once the way it works became obvious - not how I thougt it works, my bad. It is doing all the things one wants from a lock now. Thanks to the good advice from the site I didn't buy a new one. We also took of the rock guard that had been painted but not repaired first. It goes back to the
paint shop this week. Happy day dance!