Komet Trailer Rebuild

On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 1:10:08 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 2:37:31 PM UTC-4, Robert Ballou wrote:
I'm doing a partial rebuild on a 30 year old Komet trailer. I want to replace the large rubber gasket on the top of the tail gate, the Tee handle in the tail gate and the Tee handle on the front hatch. All this stuff has metric dimensions. I will replace parts with English dimensions only if there is no other option. Price quote from the German factory took my breath away ($230 USD). Does anyone know of a US supplier of generic versions of these parts?

Thanks,

Bob

I fabricated rear latch crank and rods for about $50 using 3/8 SS thick wall tubing and steel flat stock. I had the handle and shaft assembly. It took about 3 hours.
I scrapped the torn rubber thing and don't intend to replace it. The trailer needs more ventilation anyway.
Good luck
UH

Thank you for this. I've been thinking of just taking the rubber off and maybe putting a self sacrificing square U channel of aluminum in place of it. I might possibly glue some thin carpet on there as an alternative.