From: theise@panix.com   
      
   You may remember my sad story about smashing the front of my Lance   
   trailer into the back of my tow vehicle when trying to jostle the   
   tongue down onto the ball.  As I said, the shell around the motor   
   and gear box was damaged...   
      
   https://panix.com/~theise/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250919_135339-scaled.jpg   
      
   I also mentioned Lippert doesn't make these parts available, so I   
   undertook to glue it back together.  After *many* sessions with JB   
   Weld, I was able to get it reasonably complete...   
      
   https://panix.com/~theise/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251003_103122-scaled.jpg   
      
   It looks like hell, but I'm hoping it will keep the elements away   
   from the operating parts.   
      
   Though the shell exterior is relatively complete, the internal   
   parts that connect it to the jack are mostly missing--so it   
   wobbles a bit.  It seems to me the likeliest point of failure will   
   be breaking of the shell from wobbling at speed.  But I guess   
   we'll see.   
      
   I've thought about stuffing the insides of the shell with old   
   t-shirts or somesuch, but have some doubts that would actually   
   help.   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise                Gretna, NE, USA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)