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  1. 18th January 2019, 07:35 AM #1
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    Bugger

    Having finished the bathroom renovation job I headed off this morning for a well earned week of fishing at Sharks Bay.
    I pulled up just out of Geraldton to fuel up and found i had a busted spring on the boat trailer, Luckily I am only a few k's out of town and the boat is secure at the servo.
    Much better than being stuck in the middle of nowhere where the boat would be trashed by the time i got back with the new springs.

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    It looks like the spring has been cracked for some time judging by all the rust on the break.

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  2. 18th January 2019, 07:59 AM #2
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    A bit of fencing wire and a guide post would have seen you gone in short order.
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  3. 18th January 2019, 08:27 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    A bit of fencing wire and a guide post would have seen you gone in short order.
    I did that once quite a few years ago and used gaffer tape, It got me back the 400k's to town.
    I am only 10k's out of town at the moment so i will head in when the trailer parts shop opens in an hour and do a permanent job on the spring.
    It will only take about 1/2 an hour to fit the new spring and when i get to Sharks bay i will replace the spring on the other side on a windy day i cant fish on
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  4. 19th January 2019, 12:14 PM #4
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    You could probably use some of that gutrot in the carton the spring is sitting on to dissolve all the rust on the other side spring to see if it is still in reasonable condition. Then again, that stuff would probably dissolve the spring ...............
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  5. 19th January 2019, 02:23 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by BMKal View Post
    You could probably use some of that gutrot in the carton the spring is sitting on to dissolve all the rust on the other side spring to see if it is still in reasonable condition. Then again, that stuff would probably dissolve the spring ...............
    At least it’s not VB “fightin’ fluid”
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  6. 19th January 2019, 02:23 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by BMKal View Post
    You could probably use some of that gutrot in the carton the spring is sitting on to dissolve all the rust on the other side spring to see if it is still in reasonable condition. Then again, that stuff would probably dissolve the spring ...............
    At least it isn’t VB “fightin’ fluid”
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  7. 19th January 2019, 04:46 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by strangy View Post
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    That's what happens when you over load and exceed the spring rating, if you didn't have that slab of beer in there then you probably would have been ok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares View Post
    That's what happens when you over load and exceed the spring rating, if you didn't have that slab of beer in there then you probably would have been ok.
    The slab has been consumed, I should be OK now
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