Looks good, can't even tell there was something wrong with it.
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The old hinges were frozen up, and the handle for the cam bar was broken. Door would not open/close easily because of the hinges, was unlockable because of the broken cam bar, and it was hanging crooked in the frame, so even if the hinges were free, it would still stick opening and closing.
The new cam bar has two mounting points instead of one, the new hinges are much longer than the old ones were, and we got the door hung perfectly. We used some paint stir sticks to shim out the door in the frame before marking the new spots on the door to drill for the new hinges.
Also discovered that the "larger than T-50 'security' machine screws" that were holding the hinges to the trailer side before were just jammed into holes in the aluminum panel and didn't go all the way through, or into nutserts, or anything. Even when this was "new," anyone with a big screwdriver could have pried those hinges off with little effort. Now they're attached with proper carriage bolts, all the way through to the inside and secured with fender washers and nylocks.
Note the stains running down from the bottom hinge on the door: "door juice" squeezed out when tightening the fasteners there. While the door is still functional, it'll be the first thing that needs replacement ... eventually. There's a bit of rot elsewhere on this trailer, but not enough to care about yet, if ever.
Door Juice
How do you open the door?
Flip the lock hasp up, pull the handle up and out of it, pull handle away from the door. The cam bar swings away from the door on its hinges, door opens. This is bog standard trailer shit.
Ah. Thanks. Good job.
I would also like to apologize for the last sentence of my previous comment. I realize now that it may have sounded dismissive. I really just wanted to use the phrase "bog standard."