IPod classic 160gb - pressure on screen ffwds songs, stops them

After a few hours in my back pocket while I'm out gardening or chopping wood, my ipod 160gb classic will fast forward or stop songs when I lift it out of my pocket.  My thumb is on the screen, fingers on the back.  I figure it is some kind of long-ish use problem as it only takes a few minutes out of my pocket for it to revert to normal.  I am contemplating opening it up but I don't know what I'm looking for! I've only ever changed the odd battery on ipods before.  Any help or suggestions?

I have read it and there is very little information to go off of and I don't know how opening up the iPod up is going to correct something that can usually be solved by activating the hold switch. 
If you didn't want such a response from either of us, maybe you should have provided that you knew of a such a function.  Again very little information.
You probably shouldn't coming here looking for help and then tell others who are only generously donating their time to helping you that they are wrong and act as though you already have an answer to your problem.
Seriously, we are only trying to help by offering suggestions based on what little information you gave us. We do want to help, but your attitude might prevent anybody else from trying to help.
Sorry that you seem to have such a bad experience on here already...
B-rock

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