Braking System Adjustment (At 500 Miles/Every 3,000 Miles Or 1 Year) - Bailey 2002 Series Owner's Manual

Chapter 4
THE ALKO CARAVAN CHASSIS (continued)
Braking system adjustment (At 500 miles, then every 3,000 miles or
1 year)
i. Ensure the towing shaft with coupling heads is pulled fully forward
(fig. 1).
ii. Release the handbrake to the fully off position. If the handbrake will
not go down the whole way because of the fairing or any other
obstruction; then the fairing must be cut away and/or the obstruction
removed to achieve this desired position. It will not be possible to
set up the braking system properly when the handbrake is not in the
fully off position (fig. 1).
iii. Jack up one side of the caravan (see Jack Operation Instructions).
iv. Remove the inner plastic bung from the backplate to expose the
'starwheel' adjuster access (figs. 1 & 2).
v. Always rotating the road wheel in the forward direction - never
backwards; adjust the starwheel with a suitable screwdriver, in the
Coupling
Handbrake lever
head
Towing shaft
Breakaway cable
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CARAVAN EQUIPMENT
Rubber sprung axle
Axle side plate
Overrun
Brake rod
lever
Yoke end
Spring cylinder
Tension bar
Fig. 1
Rotation direction
Abutment
Balance bar
Bowden cable
forwards
Brake shoe
inspection
bung
'Starwheel
adjustment
access