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Subject Topic: Damper testing Post Reply Post New Topic
Personmarty250uk
12/11/2009 at 12:41pm
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Just finishing brakes and wheel bearing checking greasing and adjusting.I have noticed when I push the hitch in against the damper a good resistance is felt and the damper does return back out very slowly.My question is when I pull it out I can pull straight back fully until I hit a metal stop is this correct?


Personmichael
12/11/2009 at 3:26pm
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see overruns and handbooks here.......

http://www.al-ko.co.uk/vt-home.htm



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Personbsa_man
13/11/2009 at 4:42pm
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I think this sounds normal enough.  When you pull the hitch out you will feel a lot of resistance.  Just before the damper is stretched out to its full length, the metal tube that it is located in (the one you can see if you pull the rubber gaitor at the hitch back) will come to a dead stop.  At the end  of that metal cylinder there is a a peice attached onto it that prevents the cylinder being able to pull back through the mechanism housing.  Its this that you're actually pulling against whe you're towing as the damper itself is quite a fragile thing. 


Personmarty250uk
13/11/2009 at 8:08pm
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I think mine is faulty as it only has resistance when going in. Thanks anyway.


Personbsa_man
14/11/2009 at 4:57pm
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Is it on a BPW chassis or Al-Ko?


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Personmarty250uk
14/11/2009 at 5:58pm
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Its a 1986 Al-Ko chassis have not removed it yet so don't know what it looks like yet.


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try using a grease gun on the grease nipples theres 2 on top and 1 underneath which is neglected most times, pump full of grease and then check operation.

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Personmarty250uk
20/11/2009 at 1:01pm
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Just found out what was wrong with my damper. Went to remove to order new one and found the end in the hitch not connected? removed hitch cleaned greased everything pushed and pulled damper(resistance in and out)refitted everything now feels like it should.



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