Ezytrail WINTON 10, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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BRAKES AND HANDBRAKE
CORRECT USE OF YOUR ELECTRIC BRAKES
Your trailer brakes are designed to work in synchronisation with your tow vehicle brakes.
Never use your tow vehicle or trailer brakes alone to stop the combined load. Your trailer and tow vehicle will seldom
have the correct amperage flow to the brake magnets to give you comfortable, safe braking unless you make proper
brake system adjustments. Changing trailer load and driving conditions, as well as uneven alternator and battery output,
can mean unstable current flow to your brake magnets.
It is therefore imperative that you maintain and adjust your brakes as set forth in the controller manual, use a properly
modulated brake controller and perform the synchronisation/adjustment procedure recommended by the brake controller
supplier.
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE
Proven and in some cases approved service methods and correct repair procedures are
essential for the safe, reliable operation of the brakes, suspension and axles as well as the
personal safety of the individual doing the work.
The numerous variations in procedures, techniques, tools and parts for servicing axles, as well as
in the skill of the individual doing the work will determine outcomes. This manual cannot possibly
anticipate all such variations nor provide advice or cautions as to each. Accordingly, anyone who
departs from the instructions provided in this manual must first establish that they neither compromise their personal safety
nor the vehicle integrity by their choice of methods, tools or parts.
*IF AT ALL IN DOUBT PLEASE REFER ALL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE TO A SUITABLY QUALIFIED OR EXPERIENCED
MECHANICAL REPAIRER.
*EZYTRAIL CAMPERS ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM INCORRECT
APPLICATIONS, METHODS AND FAILURE TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE SAFELY AND CORRECTLY.
BRAKE ADJUSTMENT
Brakes should be adjusted:
1. after the first 1,000km of operation when the brake shoes and drums have “burnished”
2. at no more than 10,000km intervals.
3. or as use and performance requires.
Never crawl under your trailer unless it is resting on properly placed jack stands. Do not place
supports on any part of the suspension system and use the designated jack point or under the spring
base plate to jack trailer.
BRAKE CLEANING AND INSPECTION
Your trailer brakes must be inspected and serviced at 10,000km or more often as required by use and performance.
Magnets and shoes must be changed when they become worn or scored to avoid inefficient
vehicle braking.
BRAKE LUBRICATION
This should only be done by qualified persons.
CAUTION - DO NOT GET GREASE OR OIL ON THE BRAKE LININGS, DRUMS OR MAGNETS.
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