I have had a broken stabilizer since I bought the caravan and at first did not realize that it was such a common item and of such a standard construction to be largely universal amongst all caravans.
Getting the stabilizer off proved to be a pain using various approaches that never seemed to get the right result. As the caravan is up my mums it meant a number of trips with different group of tools. First socket set, then deep socket set, then deep socket set and spanners, then nut cutters and finally when you have had enough, faithful angle grinder. Always wear suitable eye protection when using power tools on metal
With the new stabilizer on I can notice how abused the other three corners are when winding from previous owner using them too level caravan.
My other task of the day was to replace the perfectly usable breakaway cable but wife ordered it changed and the clip looked very rusty.
This meant hacksawing off the old cable, the amount of times my knuckles hit that stabilizer bracket, using my dads old hacksaw blade.
The new cable had a large sprung keyring type of clip. Probably will rust in three years. It was cold that day, wintery weather seemed to have hit England again but after I sat with the wife in the caravan with a cup of tea and thought this is so relaxing and enjoyable.
Getting the stabilizer off proved to be a pain using various approaches that never seemed to get the right result. As the caravan is up my mums it meant a number of trips with different group of tools. First socket set, then deep socket set, then deep socket set and spanners, then nut cutters and finally when you have had enough, faithful angle grinder. Always wear suitable eye protection when using power tools on metal
With the new stabilizer on I can notice how abused the other three corners are when winding from previous owner using them too level caravan.
My other task of the day was to replace the perfectly usable breakaway cable but wife ordered it changed and the clip looked very rusty.
This meant hacksawing off the old cable, the amount of times my knuckles hit that stabilizer bracket, using my dads old hacksaw blade.
The new cable had a large sprung keyring type of clip. Probably will rust in three years. It was cold that day, wintery weather seemed to have hit England again but after I sat with the wife in the caravan with a cup of tea and thought this is so relaxing and enjoyable.
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