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24/10/2005 at 8:04pm
Location: rossendale, lancs
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we have just come back after our first weekend away in our new caravan. the stabiliser made a horrible noise all the way home. do i need wd40 or grease or anything else??? please help, didnt enjoy the trip home. stabiliser is quite new. thanx, paul.
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24/10/2005 at 8:09pm
Location: NW of Glasgow
Outfit: Sterling Searcher 2008 Volvo XC90
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NO you must not grease it if it is an Alko type. Make sure your towball is clean, use sandpaper to remove any paint.
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24/10/2005 at 8:10pm
Location: West Lothian
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Is it a hitch stabliser or a leaf spring one?
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24/10/2005 at 8:14pm
Location: rossendale, lancs
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its a leaf spring one, sorry, should have explained. paul
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24/10/2005 at 9:44pm
Location: Chorley
Outfit: Lunar Planet Saturn
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No oil or grease should be used on any stabiliser. You probably just have some dust between the friction plates.
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24/10/2005 at 9:49pm
Location: Northants
Outfit: Shogun Avondale argente. 5m Bell
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Had the same problem, just use a bit of emery on your towball we do it every time we hook up no problems since. If you have a diesel engine it will be worse.
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25/10/2005 at 12:01pm
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Is there any danger that rubbing the discs with abrasive paper will generate dust which contains asbestos??? I would be cautious about doing this as the pads are similar to the material found in brake linings and pads, and the instructions for those warn about the dust!
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25/10/2005 at 10:14pm
Location: DURHAM
Outfit: Mondeo TItanium 140 Avondale Mayfly 25
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Topcat36 what the heck`s a diesel engine got to do with it?
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26/10/2005 at 9:03am
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got told it's something to do with the diesel emissions, seem to build up on the towball and as we have a diesel would have to say we have more problems than those using petrol. we have to clean ours each time or it will grind, we do this each time and the problem has gone. don't know if this is 100% true can only go on our experience and others peoples we know who don't have diesel don't seem to suffer the problem as much.
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26/10/2005 at 9:12am
Location: Zoetermeer Holland
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I do not have a diesel car, but still clean evry time I tow. There simply is a lot of road dust being thrown up behind any car, which hits the towball with or without hitch on it at the specific time.
And it is not really a problem, just a paper tissue or hankerchied or even a simple piece of paper (cash slip form the petrol station) to wipe the towball. And I also wipe the inside of the hitch with it. About 5 second of wotk for the towball and 15 seconds for the hitch (specifically also wiping the break pads of the stabilizer).
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