Caravan damper stick in the draw tube

[Daz1995]

Hi all, i need your help with damper replacement.

So we have purchase Caravan Compass Magnum Classic Mendip, damper is in need to change for new one , but the problem is we can’t take it off this draw tube, is slightly moving inside but that’s it .. so we dismantle whole thing off the caravan.



Please can someone advice?



It’s BPW 1600kg

 

[borderbilly]

try pouring some diesel down it.

 

[Daz1995]

try pouring some diesel down it.

I’ve actually manage to take it off , there was some bolt inside when you look through the hole

 

[Adelddis]

Hi. Could you give me anymore information on the location of the bolt please? We've got a 2001 Elddis 505 on a BPW chassis and have run in to the same problem. I took out the rear bolt and tube and took the stabiliser off expecting the damper to just pull out, only to he greated by a clunking sound! We've contacted 2 local caravan engineers. One completely ghosted us and the second has been really honest and said he can't promise he can actually get it off as it's a strange design. Any help would be really appreciated.

 

[Dustydog]

Here’s one of numerous YouTube videos on the BPW removal and installation

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkAVq2m_tbM

 

[Adelddis]

Here’s one of numerous YouTube videos on the BPW removal and installation

View:That's the video I watched before I

Here’s one of numerous YouTube videos on the BPW removal and installation

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkAVq2m_tbM

Thank you, I do appreciate the reply but that's not the same as ours. That is actually the video that made me take ours apart in the first place as it looked really simple. I've been going through Youtube and not seen a single one with the same drawtube and damper set up like ours. The rear bolt isn't connected to the actual damper. It seems to have a pin halfway down that I'm unable to get to.

 

[Adelddis]

I'm thinking the handbrake mechanism needs taking off to free it. I'm just hoping there's a really easy knack so I don't have to do that!

 

[IanB1485]

From your picture s you have removed the drawbar assembly from the housing and now you need access to the pin which was probably inserted through that hole in the middle of the drawbar , this may be a press fit in which case you may have to buy the complete assembly, best to contact BPW :-
BPW House, Centurion Way, Meridian Business Park, Leicester LE19 1WH
Phone: 0116 281 6100
and ask , giving them the model and serial number of the assembly.
The alternative may be to line up the pin with the hole and drill a small hole into it and fit a stud extractor

 

[Martin_E]

Is there a hole the other side of the tube?

I thought there is, that a small punch will go into, but equally there is a hole in the half tube that runs through the length of the the tube 🤔

 

[Adelddis]

Is there a hole the other side of the tube?

I thought there is, that a small punch will go into, but equally there is a hole in the half tube that runs through the length of the the tube 🤔

I don't think there's a hole, but I'll have another look tomorrow when I go over to the storage yard. This is the downside to us storing it 70 miles away at the coast! When I took it apart last time it looked like the lever inside the drawtube was stopping it coming out, both forward and backward. I'm hoping if I disconnect the brake clevis the lever will drop down, freeing it so I can take the pin out at the back of the housing.

 

[Adelddis]

I don't think there's a hole, but I'll have another look tomorrow when I go over to the storage yard. This is the downside to us storing it 70 miles away at the coast! When I took it apart last time it looked like the lever inside the drawtube was stopping it coming out, both forward and backward. I'm hoping if I disconnect the brake clevis the lever will drop down, freeing it so I can take the pin out at the back of the housing.

 

[IanB1485]

Yes the brake lever(item 20) will stop the drawtube assembly (item 10) from coming out of the housing as it engages with a slot within the rear part of the internal part of the draw tube (item 10). As the exploded diagram doesn't detail the separate parts of the draw tube , then you may have to buy a complete new assembly