THE HISTORY , Hi about three years ago I bought a second hand caravan everything included , off a chap who like me had a young family , his kids had grown up and he was selling the lot , so for less than the price of a week in Benidorm (£ 1750 )I got an early nineties Adria 4 berth and quite literally " absolutely everything " bargain of the century.
THE QUESTION, Included was SCOTT stabilizer which was great for the first year , but then it started making this awfull groaning noise , mostly on pulling away . A kindly fellow caravanner told me this was the "washers " in the stabilizer that where the problem , so I stripped it down and replaced with new , however the tightness or torque or pressure to re-tighten it back up with the new plates in ,is somewhat of a mystery , there was no help included with the new washers and on line info is a bit scarce , Some one mentioned 60 lb,s and the use bathroom scales , but didnt offer any more help ??, any how the new plates are in - the internal surfaces are clean dry and flat - and when I pull away GROAAANNN ????? sorry to all at windermere this weekend who where woken by me setting off with an early morning GROANNNNN , any help , advice , settings , methods - all gratefully received .Do I tighten up or loosen off?????
P.S. luckily my car has a button on the dashboard that takes away the awfull noise , its called the radio , works O.K/ but its not good practice.
THE QUESTION, Included was SCOTT stabilizer which was great for the first year , but then it started making this awfull groaning noise , mostly on pulling away . A kindly fellow caravanner told me this was the "washers " in the stabilizer that where the problem , so I stripped it down and replaced with new , however the tightness or torque or pressure to re-tighten it back up with the new plates in ,is somewhat of a mystery , there was no help included with the new washers and on line info is a bit scarce , Some one mentioned 60 lb,s and the use bathroom scales , but didnt offer any more help ??, any how the new plates are in - the internal surfaces are clean dry and flat - and when I pull away GROAAANNN ????? sorry to all at windermere this weekend who where woken by me setting off with an early morning GROANNNNN , any help , advice , settings , methods - all gratefully received .Do I tighten up or loosen off?????
P.S. luckily my car has a button on the dashboard that takes away the awfull noise , its called the radio , works O.K/ but its not good practice.
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