I totally agree with the preventative maintenance and do all my own repairs just because you cant trust the stealers to do what should be done. Luckily I havent had any of these major issues with my FK2100. I really feel for you guys who have had to do major reconstuction to your fairly new and expensive trailers. Its just not right! But what do ya do? Your repair looks really good! After every one bites the bullet and gets done fixing these things the way they should have been in the first place I'm sure you will enjoy them for a long time