I have managed to acquire an old caravan chassis from my next door neighbour with the aim to reuse the (new) drawbar, suspension and mechanical brake system for a motorbike trailer. It currently has mechanical drum brakes with a 2000kg rated hitch, the suspension is a 5 leaf unit with shackles at either end. The axel is 40mm square so that is about 1000kg rated. The axel is too narrow but that is easily widened without it costing me anything. My questions are:
Can I remove 1 leaf on the springs to provide a softer ride as I am also looking at installing shock absorbers to reduce the trailer bouncing. If the leaf is removed what sort of approximate load rating would I have?
Due to the reduced weight that it is likely to be compared to the original caravan can I back off the large nut on the coupling to reduce the internal spring pressure which will then reduce the amount of force required to activate the brakes. If so what is the best way to adjust the brakes and secondly is it normal for the nut to be tack welded to the shaft because mine is!!
I think that is about it for the moment, any replies are greatly appreciated.
cheers
Yozza
Can I remove 1 leaf on the springs to provide a softer ride as I am also looking at installing shock absorbers to reduce the trailer bouncing. If the leaf is removed what sort of approximate load rating would I have?
Due to the reduced weight that it is likely to be compared to the original caravan can I back off the large nut on the coupling to reduce the internal spring pressure which will then reduce the amount of force required to activate the brakes. If so what is the best way to adjust the brakes and secondly is it normal for the nut to be tack welded to the shaft because mine is!!
I think that is about it for the moment, any replies are greatly appreciated.
cheers
Yozza
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