Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 16, 2025 ...

Ours broke a while ago, and while there are inexpensive replacement actuators that fit the basement doors (check Barry Beam's site), MES 2 Wire Door lock Actuator (W15F) I found that they wouldn't fit the entry door, so I moved a working one from one of the basement doors and replaced that one with one of the generic actuators that I had on hand.  Of course Foretravel Parts has actuators that will fit the entry door.

My 2002 U270 has the Keyless Entry option, and the module that controls the deadbolt in the door has broken.  I took the door apart and extracted the module to examine it.  There are several plastic gears, and one that seems to act as a limiter has an arc broken off.  I suspect I need a new module, as I doubt I can find just a replacement little gear.

Has anyone experienced this problem?  Any good third party sources for a replacement?  There are no identifying markings on the unit at all.  On the bright side, I did learn how to disassemble the door and get the module out.

Thanks...  We are still en route to Liberty Lake to get the slide examined.

Brad,
When mine broke I could not find a direct replacement as the company does not make that unit any more and FOT ran out of stock.  If you find them please let me know.  I stole the one from the plumbing bay and put in the entry door and then moved the front drivers actuator to the plumbing bay.  I have two of Barry's actuators, but got lazy and did not place in the drivers bay.  Really no reason to lock that bay door in my opinion, but I keep my coach at the house.

Good Luck,

I had ordered what I thought was a direct replacement for the actuator only to find out it was not and bending the rod was not anacceptable solution. So I sent it back to Mike Grimes and the fix I described here is still working fine after ~6-7 months.  Good luck with the fix.....be patient it will work if you position the gear with the screw correctly.

Don't use the screw head to make the contact.  Instead screw it in from the bottom and use the threaded part to protrude.  In this way you'll have a more complete anchoring penetration for the screw.  I tried the screw head approach and the screw eventually loosened up and had to redo.