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    Posted: 07 July 2018 at 11:22pm
I'm tip-toeing in to working on my trailer. I did another post in the project section showing the trailer but thought I would put this here- might be of interest to others.

My coupler was intact but was missing the locking tab- or more accurately, the tab was broken off. The ring part was still there. I decided to try to make a replacement. I used some scrap galvanized steel plate I had lying around. I had to guess at the dimensions and geometry from photos I found online. After some trial and error I ended up with a crude but acceptable facsimilie of the original. I painted it OD because that is what I had handy. With what I learned and taking a bit more time, I could do better but I am going with this for now. I also replaced the spring which was pretty stretched out and bent out of shape. It seems to work as intended.

Here are some pics of the finished piece:
top view


side view


top view in place


assembled with handwheel









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Nice work!
Rus Curtis
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