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Re: Bear claw or Altman
The trouble with "bear claw" latches is that there are a lot of different quality level sets out there. If you have the cheapie set of Ebay that is probably the problem. The quality level just isn't there.
Still even with the best of latches they have to be adjusted right to function right. If that door is popping open all the time is the adjustment correct both at the latch and in the linkage?
As far as Altman latches there was an issue with some of the older latches but that has been corrected and the newer ones should work fine. As Youngrodder said, one of the selling points is ease of installation plus a quality product. If you can read and comprehend what you are reading you shouldn't have an issue with the install.
Most of the fuss I have seen on the net came when someone tried to do the linkage setup a bit different than what the latches were designed for.
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