I have an old tiltbed car trailer, had it for maybe a decade now but never towed it on the road. When I got it my dad fitted new wheels, brakes, lights, wooden bed and bits, but we never touched the Knott hitch. Due to many reasons it never got beyond moving out of the corner of the drive and has had a dead car sat on it for at least 6-7 years now!
So I need to move all my projects now I've bought a house with the space wanted. The trailer was unburied, given a little checkover and all seemed good enough. Loaded it up and set off to immediately have it banging away on my tow hitch. So I understand this to be the damper which I've now removed and ordered a replacement.
My big issue was having the brakes locked on for the last mile of my journey, making for very slow progress. Basically the piston the the hitch bolts onto going into the main casing had gone in so far and jammed up solid, holding the brakes on. I've freed it off for the first 2 inches travel from fully extended, and with the damper removed if I push it the piston jams up again needing to be knocked back out.
Should the piston be jamming up as it goes in further, or should it be free to push all the way into the casing until it hits the brake actuating arm or falls out the back if the brake arm was to be removed?
So I need to move all my projects now I've bought a house with the space wanted. The trailer was unburied, given a little checkover and all seemed good enough. Loaded it up and set off to immediately have it banging away on my tow hitch. So I understand this to be the damper which I've now removed and ordered a replacement.
My big issue was having the brakes locked on for the last mile of my journey, making for very slow progress. Basically the piston the the hitch bolts onto going into the main casing had gone in so far and jammed up solid, holding the brakes on. I've freed it off for the first 2 inches travel from fully extended, and with the damper removed if I push it the piston jams up again needing to be knocked back out.
Should the piston be jamming up as it goes in further, or should it be free to push all the way into the casing until it hits the brake actuating arm or falls out the back if the brake arm was to be removed?
