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Jan 21, 2016 13:37:04 GMT
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I Would chance the wheel bearings and tyres before using it.
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Jan 21, 2016 13:42:28 GMT
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I Would chance the wheel bearings and tyres before using it. Chance or change?  |
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Jan 21, 2016 13:49:17 GMT
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I Would chance the wheel bearings and tyres before using it. Chance or change? Take a chance by not changing them, and the annoying thing is I checked my spelling before posting. lol |
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foxy99
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Jan 21, 2016 21:02:17 GMT
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I'll get new tyres once it's earned its first wage  . Thing is I like the old retro tyres that are on it  . I don't think I've mentioned the wheels yet but one is a Dunlop 1161 (like you'd get on a Mini) and is surprisingly rust-free. The other is some sort of trailer wheel made of two flat discs spot-welded together and the discs have bulged due to rust between the plates. There are lots of the Dunlop wheels on Ebay but not everyone is willing to post them.  I'd like to get them powdercoated in off-white and have old style tyres. Rest of trailer painted in Hammerite. Blue? Green? Gold? but it's apparently rubbish so would put epoxy underneath.  one of wheels (probably original) is beyond refurbishing   much better Dunlop wheel cool old tyresNB. I can't seem to find similar brake cables online or one of the trunnion things. Any suggestions where I might get one? |
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Last Edit: Jan 21, 2016 21:08:28 GMT by foxy99
1974 Daimler Double-Six VDP
1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up
1984 VW Polo breadvan
1970s Yamaha Twins (4)
1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Jan 21, 2016 21:14:56 GMT
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Caravan spares place?
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Jan 21, 2016 21:32:52 GMT
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Brake cables are just wire rope.
Just had a quick check and it's all on ebay or probably your local boat chandlers or agricultural merchants or tractor place would have some.
Oh and don't chance that trailer wheel they have a nasty habit of collapsing under pressure once they start to rust
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Last Edit: Jan 21, 2016 21:37:16 GMT by dodgerover: Checked ebay
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Jan 21, 2016 23:05:40 GMT
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I'll get new tyres once it's earned its first wage . Thing is I like the old retro tyres that are on it . I don't think I've mentioned the wheels yet but one is a Dunlop 1161 (like you'd get on a Mini) and is surprisingly rust-free. The other is some sort of trailer wheel made of two flat discs spot-welded together and the discs have bulged due to rust between the plates. There are lots of the Dunlop wheels on Ebay but not everyone is willing to post them. I might have some mini ones in the barn, if I get a chance over the weekend I'll have a look for you. |
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Jan 22, 2016 10:52:10 GMT
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georgeb has answered most of the things I would have (thanks  ) For spares, see if you have a caravan breakers near you. Our local storage yard has a breakers behind it - an easy way to get a set of un-snapped brake parts You mights find you can split the hitch housing if you unbolt it from the chassis. Then clean and grease the sliding shaft on the hitch
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Jan 22, 2016 16:29:29 GMT
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Brake cables are just wire rope. Just had a quick check and it's all on ebay or probably your local boat chandlers or agricultural merchants or tractor place would have some. Oh and don't chance that trailer wheel they have a nasty habit of collapsing under pressure once they start to rust What he said! strip the hubs down to check the brake shoes,take them along to see if you can still get them,otherwise you may have to get them re-lined. And don't take the hitch itself apart,some of them have a spring under compression that likes to take flight when released ...... No matter what limb or body part is in its flight path! |
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Jan 29, 2016 20:15:15 GMT
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strip the hubs down to check the brake shoes,take them along to see if you can still get them,otherwise you may have to get them re-lined. Well. I stripped the hubs down and things don't look too bad. Was surprised how easily the fasteners that hold the backplate to the hub undone. I dunked everything in my vinegar tub and fished them out last night for examination. The shoes are Lockheed and there seems to be some still available but mines look very slightly different to the ones I've seen. I did however find a place trailer spares place which sells the correct type of wire rope and the little clamps that secure it. They also have a picture of one of the trunnion things under their 'brake parts' clicky but unfortunately it's not listed there or anywhere else on the site. I'll post some pics up later as Photobucket isn't responding just now |
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Last Edit: Jan 30, 2016 1:30:54 GMT by foxy99
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1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up
1984 VW Polo breadvan
1970s Yamaha Twins (4)
1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Jan 29, 2016 21:58:55 GMT
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Ah. It's a turnbuckle, not a trunnion. Cheers  I ordered a used Dunlop 1161 wheel (ie 10" Mini) tonight from Ebay. £13 'collection only' but chanced my arm and asked the seller if he'd post it and he kindly agreed so a few £ more for P&P |
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1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up
1984 VW Polo breadvan
1970s Yamaha Twins (4)
1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Jan 30, 2016 16:42:43 GMT
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Have you actually tried pulling on the brake operating levers to see if the shoes engage with the drums?
A lot of these earlier trailer brakes are operated by wedges that pull with the brake cable, not lever up and down.
You may find that whilst the levers move the expanding wedges may be seized. Best pull the drums off and check.
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Last Edit: Feb 2, 2016 1:43:01 GMT by foxy99
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1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up
1984 VW Polo breadvan
1970s Yamaha Twins (4)
1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Hi, Be aware the turnbuckle has a right hand thread one end and a left hand thread the other, the idea being is that you turn the turnbuckle and it screws both ends in (or out depending which way you turn it) to shorten or lengthen the cable without dismantling it all. So make sure which threaded end has broken, If it's the RH one then you can fabricate something, but if it's the LH one that could be more problematic. The thread because of its age is likely to be UNF or BSF, So it may be more economical to get a new one.
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Hi, As George says the small lever is flipped forward onto the hitch for use as the handbrake, is then flipped back for when towing so that when the brakes are applied they don't stay applied. What you call the 'trunnion' with the broken threaded section is actually called a turn buckle. one end has a right hand thread and the other has a left hand thread. It is used to lengthen or shorten the cable as necessary as you turn it, so make sure which one is broken before replacing. Colin Sorry I didn't reply to your earlier post colnerov. I must have missed it as I only learned it was a turnbuckle the other night... My thread seems to be a normal (5/16 UNF) RH thread. The end with the wheel on it is pinned and has no adjustment. |
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1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up
1984 VW Polo breadvan
1970s Yamaha Twins (4)
1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Nice link, and not just the trailer-brake stuff - which looks exactly like mine. Back home however I have taken delivery of a pair of rusty mudguards for my trailer for the princely sum of £5 (plus £10 P&P). They are the exact same as my originals and the seller pointed out they were rusty but why have only 2 rusty mudguards when you can have 4? I think it's to do with the fact that all the years I've had the trailer and not touched it I used to think 'would be great to strip the wheels and mudguards and get them painted up nice'. Well here's my chance. One pair in blue Hammerite and t'other in gold perhaps. Anyway this pair are definitely in better shape than mine but have even more coats of paint. Seems to be 2 blue then silver, then some sort of underseal then green then navy (or is it purple?) and some random white for good measure.    one of 2nd set of mudguards next to an epoxied original  seems in pretty good shape (apart from ends) once multiple layers of paint are removed |
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1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up
1984 VW Polo breadvan
1970s Yamaha Twins (4)
1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Last Edit: Feb 8, 2016 23:43:15 GMT by foxy99
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1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up
1984 VW Polo breadvan
1970s Yamaha Twins (4)
1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Just a thought, and not sure about sizes, but turnbuckles like this are also used for tensioning wire fencing so you may find something at a farm supply shop, or similar.
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