[Phx Mike]

Bill I am probably missing something but if your latch works like mine does, the little arm on the latch just rotates into a slot cut into the body. There is no striker per se. The slot has to be wide enough side to side to allow the arm on the latch to rotate into the slot. The latch also has to be long enough to engage the slot (0.125 inches does not sound like quite enough). Not sure if that makes sense - I may be misunderstanding the issue.