Got stuck for two days on a weird door lock issue in a 90s Otis elevator

The car door would close, but the hoistway door lock wouldn't engage, so the car wouldn't run. I checked the lock roller, the cam, the linkage, everything looked fine. After a full day, I finally found a tiny, almost invisible crack in the lock bracket itself, letting it flex just enough to miss. Had to fabricate a new bracket on site. Anyone else ever get fooled by a part that looked okay but was secretly broken?

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lunar478d ago

Sounds like you just missed it the first time.

barbarar328d ago

Wait, are you saying @lunar47 that the thing was actually there and I just didn't see it? Because I looked really hard. What exactly am I supposed to be looking for again? I feel like the instructions were kinda vague.