My trailer has a pin that hold the handle to keep the back door shut. Well it scrapes the paint off the pin. Is their a way to keep it from scraping the paint off or something? I have paint that matches my trailer for touch ups, but i dont want to keep painting it, just for it to scrape off again.
Posted 2006-07-28 11:43 AM (#45574 - in reply to #45410) Subject: RE: Trailer Rust
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Posts: 455 Location: Texas
No joke. It seems pretty simple to me. I do not see what would be wrong with greasing the pin. When two pieces of metal rub together, what do you normally do? I grease it. Nobody else has posted any other ideas, let alone better ones.
Posted 2006-07-30 4:54 PM (#45686 - in reply to #45410) Subject: RE: Trailer Rust
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Posts: 474 Location: White Mills, Ky.
After using the touchup paint, cover any areas that scrape with clear nail polish. You will have to re-apply the polish periodically but it's a lot cheaper than paint!
Posted 2006-07-31 1:31 PM (#45732 - in reply to #45410) Subject: RE: Trailer Rust
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Posts: 1283 Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey
Go to a hardware store and get some heat shrink for electrical wiring comes in all different sizes and colors. slide it over the pin and heat it up it will shrink down to the size of the pin. Should last alot longer than paint.
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