Category 03 · Crate & kennel replacement parts
Boarding kennels and breeders send us the wire gauge and the gate style. So does anyone whose wire crate has taken years of hard use. We sell the crate door latch replacement and the kennel run gate hinge pair that actually match, and we check the gauge before the latch ships.
"A crate hinge is four dollars until you need it at 6 a.m. and can't find one." Latches and hinges are the two parts of a wire crate or a chain-link run that see the most repeated stress — a latch gets worked every time the door opens, and a hinge carries the full weight of a gate every time it swings. Neither is expensive on its own. Both are the reason a dog gets loose when they fail.
Price basis: the wire crate door latch is priced per latch from $9. The kennel run gate hinge is priced per hinge pair from $14. Both are estimated bases confirmed once we know your wire gauge or hinge dimensions — never a binding quote from this page.
A row of runs like this gets tested every single day by dogs leaning on gates, pawing at latches and, occasionally, a dog that has worked out exactly how a slide bolt moves. The hinge and the latch are the two points where a small amount of wear becomes an open gate, which is why we sort this category by wire gauge and hinge pair size rather than by crate brand.
Kennel run gate hinge replacement is almost always a pair, not a single hinge — a mismatched pair puts uneven load on the gate frame and wears the new hinge faster than it should. We sell them as pairs for that reason, not to pad an order.
Wire gauge is measured on the wire itself, not the gap between wires, and it is the single detail that decides whether the listed latch will hold. Hinge fit depends on both the gate-post diameter and the hinge-pin diameter.
| Wire gauge | Latch fit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 3mm | Fit checked per inquiry | Common on lighter travel crates |
| 4mm | Listed fit, basis from $9 | Most common wire gauge on standard folding crates |
| 5mm | Fit checked per inquiry | Heavier-gauge crates and some custom builds |
A steel slide-bolt latch sized to grip 4mm wire-gauge crate doors, the gauge most standard folding wire crates use. The bolt throws far enough to clear a bent or slightly warped door frame, which matters more than people expect on a crate that has been folded and unfolded hundreds of times. It mounts without drilling into most wire door frames, clamping onto the existing wire pattern instead.
We will not sell this latch against a wire gauge we have not confirmed. A 3mm or 5mm wire will not hold the same way, and a loose latch on a determined dog is worse than an obviously broken one, because it looks secure right up until it isn't. Measure the wire itself with calipers if you have them; a description like "the door wire" without a number is not enough for us to confirm fit.
From $9.00priced per latch, estimated basis
Estimate, confirmed after we check your wire gauge. Not a binding quote.
Wire gauge is the diameter of the wire itself, measured with calipers across a single strand — not the width of the gap a paw could fit through, and not the overall door thickness including any coating. A painted or vinyl-coated wire can read a fraction of a millimetre thicker than the bare steel underneath; tell us if your crate is coated and we will account for it.
If you do not have calipers, a coin held against the wire in a photograph gives us a rough enough reference to start the conversation, though we will still confirm before the latch ships.
A galvanized steel hinge pair built for chain-link kennel run gates, zinc-coated against the outdoor exposure most runs sit in. Quantity on this item counts pairs, not individual hinges — one pair per gate is the standard configuration, and ordering three units means three gates' worth of hinges, not one gate's worth of spares.
Fit depends on two numbers: the gate-post diameter the hinge clamps around, and the hinge-pin diameter that has to match the gate frame's mounting bracket. We ask for both, along with the gate model if you have it, because two runs that look identical from ten feet away sometimes use different post diameters from different manufacturing runs.
From $14.00priced per hinge pair, estimated basis
Estimate, confirmed after we check your gate and post dimensions. Not a binding quote.
Send the gate-post diameter, the hinge-pin diameter, and whether the gate is currently sagging or swinging true. A sagging gate sometimes needs the hinge repositioned rather than simply replaced, and we would rather flag that than sell a pair that will not fix the actual problem.
If your run was built by a local welder rather than bought as a kit, tell us — custom runs sometimes use post diameters that fall between our two most common sizes, and we will ask a follow-up question rather than guess.
Crate door latch replacement and kennel run gate hinge orders both hinge, so to speak, on getting one or two numbers right before the part ships.
People confuse wire gauge with the spacing between wires more often than any other measurement on this page. Gauge is the wire's own diameter. Spacing is how far apart the wires run, and it has nothing to do with whether this latch will clamp on.
A hinge pair that does not match in diameter puts more load on one hinge than the other, and the mismatched hinge fails again, usually within a season. We only sell hinges in matched pairs for this reason, even when a customer asks for a single replacement.
If a latch or hinge has already failed and a dog has gotten loose, tell us that directly in your inquiry. We will move faster on stock confirmation and shipping options when containment has already broken down once.
What this category will and will not cover.
No. We stock the latch and the hinge pair — the parts that wear out — not whole crates, panels or run kits. If the frame itself has failed rather than the latch or hinge, we will tell you plainly rather than sell a part that cannot fix a bent frame.
We sell hinges as matched pairs because a mismatched load wears the new hinge out fast. Tell us your situation directly if you believe you only need one; we will give you a straight answer rather than a form response.
Send a photograph with a coin or a tape measure held against the wire or post. It is not as precise as calipers, but it is usually enough for us to narrow the fit down to one likely part before we ask a follow-up question.
Tell us the model or the job and we'll find the part. Fit and price come back confirmed, not automated.