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Post by dkelley on Jan 6, 2023 13:08:46 GMT -8
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Post by vikx on Jan 6, 2023 14:08:17 GMT -8
Many screws were zinc coated. Just a guess-some had better coating than others?
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Post by nccamper on Jan 7, 2023 0:24:44 GMT -8
They also may have switched the type of screws used mid production run. Back then they didn't waste anything.
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Post by dkelley on Jan 7, 2023 16:12:42 GMT -8
I pulled two fasteners and found that the "clean ones" are aluminum. Seems strange that they would use a mix of both.  IMG_8831 by David Kelley, on Flickr |
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Post by nccamper on Jan 8, 2023 21:49:33 GMT -8
Somebody on the assembly line had too many beers the night before putting your camper together
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Post by dkelley on Jan 11, 2023 11:23:27 GMT -8
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Post by chriss on Jan 22, 2023 7:19:15 GMT -8
It was Friday afternoon. They were running short of aluminum screws, but they had to get everything mounted. In the meantime, they sent Cletus to find some more screws while they "skip screwed" everything on with what they had. Cletus brought back zinc ones instead. "These will do", and they filled in the rest of the screws. Miller time!
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Post by tincanalley on Jan 22, 2023 18:01:22 GMT -8
You can do the magnet test for aluminum. Most should be zinc coated. Zinc is closest to aluminum on the galvanic chart.
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Post by 62jewel on Feb 16, 2023 10:01:59 GMT -8
Somebody on the assembly line had too many beers the night before putting your camper together Makes me wonder if folks bought trailers using the vin number like they used to buy cars back in the day. My dad told me stories.  |
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IMG_8828 by David Kelley, on Flickr
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