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Post by surferboy on Aug 24, 2004 16:28:14 GMT 10
gday everybody, picked up an anti sway bar leveller thingy, went to fit it. it didnt fit !looks like ive got a small trailer coupling & the "D" shape bit hits the caravan "A"frame thingy.. went to the caravan shop to replace coupling. Now i'm looking at fitting a mechanical brake coupling AND fitting a brake system as the van has no brakes at all.( i like to feel safe) old caravans seem to be like old cars....... one small job becomes one BIG job $$$$$$$$$
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Post by trev and carrots on Aug 24, 2004 22:36:45 GMT 10
you know what they say surferboy ...if its got wheels or ti .......um... tail lights, its gunna cost ya... ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2004 13:45:19 GMT 10
yeah surferboy .......brakes do come in handy .......Jen & I very nearly had a "nasty" on our way to Brookton back in March ......travelling along Wanneroo Road in the FC with "Joker 11" in tow when an idiot in a 4WD turned directly in front of us at traffic lights ......if it wasn't for the very effecient vacuum brakes on old "Joker 11", the scene would have been very untidy.......the FC's drum brakes had no chance of stopping the whole show .......and seat belts .......what seat belts? ......certainly frightened the shitter outta me ......and Jen only recovered from the close call after a few chardonays up the road at the Karragullen Tavern !!! ;D
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Post by belinda on Aug 26, 2004 7:40:30 GMT 10
We had the identical problem with our sway bars. If you look at the instructions they recommend adding a plate to bring the coupling forward and give clearance. If you walk around the streets and check out other people's trailers you'll see this is done often.
It is definitely worth getting the sway bars working. We put them on our 300kg plywood van and it makes towing it much, much easier.
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Post by trev and carrots on Aug 26, 2004 14:08:11 GMT 10
hi belinda 300kg is a very light van. what size is it? what do you tow it with? what age is it?...?....?....? ;D
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Post by belinda on Aug 26, 2004 14:31:02 GMT 10
Ours is a plywood three-berth van, probably from the early fifties. This was the weight when it was measured for registration - it didn't have the cushions or luggage in it.
It gets towed with an Austin 1800 and the equaliser bars were fitted both to stop the Austin sinking in the bum and the van bouncing around.
The great thing about such a light van is that it's easy to push around the yard and put back in the shed.
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Post by surferboy on Aug 26, 2004 16:14:02 GMT 10
i'm confused !!! (but thats not hard to do ) ask a simple question about couplings or brakes to 6 people in the industry & get 50,0000000 options & variations on whats best to do. so i,m doing what i do with the FC , i,m going to drop it in to perth caravan repairs ,tell them to do whatever they think is needed & and then tell me how many zeros to put on the cheque ! (ps, apparrently anti sway bars arent anti sway bars.... there just called anti sway bars ?)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2004 18:10:43 GMT 10
Trev ........Belinda's van is the one on the Members Photo Album entitled "Belinda's Pride & Joy" ...
I will post a pic sent to me on Tues of the van coupled to the Austin ..........
Mark
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Post by WILLAND LYN on Aug 27, 2004 20:11:31 GMT 10
WHEN I FIRST PICKED UP MY 52 TEARDROP I PUMPED UP THE TYRES AND TOWED IT HOME I SPENT ABOUT 30 HOURS WORKING ON IT INTERNALLY THEN I TOWED IT TO A CAR SHOW TRADE DAY I WAS SHOWING IAN THE AXLE CONFIGURATION WHICH WAS INSIDE THE BODY AS WE LOOKED AT IT I NOTICED THE NUT HAD SPUN OF AND WAS HOLDING THE WHEEL ON BY ABOUT TWO THREADS MY EYES NEARLY POPPED OUT HOWS MY LUCK THE TRADE MEETING WAS AT LEADER TRAILERS IN BAYSWATER SO 6 OF US PICKED UP THE TEARDROP AND CARRIED IT INSIDE WHERE IAN FITTED THE NEW EXTENDED AXLE IT WAS ALMOST WHEEL ! WHAT WHEEL?
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Post by trev and carrots on Aug 28, 2004 0:33:06 GMT 10
surferboy...the trick is, look like "you"know what is needed when saying do what is needed. confused now ?? haha.
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