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Hi,

I'm currently in France. On the way down, my Alko stabiliser developed a loud 'creaking' sound - most noticible at slow speeds.

Would anyone have any advice as to what could be causing this please?

We were told that it was somthing to do with the friction plates - we can't remember exactly what was said as our developed it  about 4yrs ago. 

We towed with it for 3 trips whilst like this.  When we took it to a dealer to have it serviced and mentioned it they told us that and advised fitting a new one so we did - though afterwards did wonder if they just wanted us to buy and fit a new one.

It was only very noticeable when we were going slowley or slowly round corners and it would really creak and groan.  It was an Alko stabiliser.

Hopefully someone will come along soon who is more expert than me and put your mind at rest.

Should just add that I often have vans passing me going through here that creak a lot and are towing fine.

Check the attached link to the Al-ko site and select the type of stabiliser you have for the manual/hints

http://www.al-ko.co.uk/alko-Trailer.htm

I am now even more convinced that, not knowing anything about them at that point in our camping history, we were conned into an expensive replacement that wasn't needed.  We never did return to that dealer after that.