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Chapter 4
CARAVAN EQUIPMENT
Braking system adjustment
(At 500 miles, then every 3,000 miles or
1 year)
i.
Ensure the towing shaft with coupling heads is pulled fully forward
(fig. 1).
ii. Release the handbrake to the fully off position. If the handbrake will
not go down the whole way because of the fairing or any other
obstruction; then the fairing must be cut away and/or the obstruction
removed to achieve this desired position. It will not be possible to
set up the braking system properly when the handbrake is not in the
fully off position (fig. 1).
iii. Jack up one side of the caravan (see Jack Operation Instructions).
iv. Remove the inner plastic bung from the backplate to expose the
‘starwheel’ adjuster access (figs. 1 & 2).
v. Always rotating the road wheel in the forward direction - never
backwards; adjust the starwheel with a suitable screwdriver, in the
Fig. 1
Rubber sprung axle
Brake rod
Axle side plate
Yoke end
Handbrake lever
Coupling
head
Breakaway cable
Spring cylinder
Rotation direction
forwards
Abutment
Balance bar
Brake shoe
inspection
bung
Bowden cable
‘Starwheel
adjustment
access
Tension bar
Overrun
lever
Towing shaft
THE ALKO CARAVAN CHASSIS
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Summary of Contents for 2002 Series
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