Break-In Schedule; Hitches - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

Break-In
Schedule '
See the new
vehicle
break-in inbmatioil in this
manual.
Also.
we
recommend
you drive
you- new
vehiCle_·for SOO.mles-(800
kitornelers)before trailer
toWing.
At.
the end .<It this 500
mile
(800 kilometer)-
bl:eak-Jn
period,
Il~
.speeds over
50 mph ·(80 km/
h) and full throttle :$rtS ~rin9 .
tIl!:I
firSt . 500 miles (800
kilometers) of trailer
. t owing. ..
CAUTIONS,
. BRAKE5- To help avoid pel'sonallii;ufy due' to poor braking
action:
• .Trailer brakes of adequate size· are required on trailers more than 450
k;lo9<ams(1.ooo
poundS)
Iiladodw89lt,
• • yOu
use
trailer brakes
With
this
vehiCle.
follOW
the
installation and
balance
instructions of the trailer
brake~.
• 00
not
tap Into the vehicle's brake
system
if-the trailer
bfake
system:uses
more than .0.3·. cubic_ ::centimeter (Q.D2cul;lic inches) 0'- fluid from the
vehicle's master ·cylinder. In this Ca8e-,'-the. vehicle's brake
(luid
c;apacity will
not
be enough
to
operate both the vehi!:;1e: and
traiter brakes underal kiQds
Dluse.
• AH brake
1Iuid parts rrost be abte
to
stand
20 650 kPa (3,000 psi).
Jlte
brake fluid tap
must
be made to the master cylinder
port
supplying fluid to
the rear
~kes.
Coppef
tubing
Is
~ect
to
fatigUe failure
!iJld
must not be
used. , . . ". . .
HlTCHES- To
help
avoid personal iojury clJe
to
sway caused by such
things
as
crosswinds.
big
trucks passing or roaj r~ , or We
to
separation of the
traller: - . -__
e
A
propEi:ly instaqed
and
adjusted
(1)
frame
~nted,
wei(pt-distributlng
hitch
and (2).
sway
control.'
with
enough capacity are required tor trailers
more
than
9OO'!diograms
(2.000
~) ' lo8ded
weight. .
• Keep the trailer
tongUe
load
at
10*k
or-the
1Oaded_
trailer
weight for
dead-
weiQht hitches and 12% for weirjit-dstrb.Jting
hitChes.
Tongue
loads
em
be aqusted by proper cistribution of the load in the traiier. This em
be
. checked by weighing separately'
the
I98ded
trai-'~ ~
then the.tongue.
• 00 not use ·. 8)tle-mounted hItches, They can damage the axle housing,
wheel
beatingS ~
'wheels or tires.
e ·
00 not
allow
.steeI-·hitch-partS
to
be
in
direct
contact
with alurTinum-bur:r.,er
parts it so equipped.
When
steel
'ahd '. ~
are
in
contact, a galVanic
reaction (a form <It corrosion) eao
occur wtli;ch wil
progressively lessen the
strength
of
the
contacting metals to the .
~
of failure. An org8l)ic
compound or paint should be used as a barrier on the oontacting surlaces
and
on
the
attaching
fasleners.
NOTICE:
~
only
tr.iler t,itchN
wItk:h
-[/!ImIIt
nOlTllltl _
o,*,_lon
of ttw
Energy
Ab.Orbing
~r
.,..tem.
If .
.o
equlpp.td.
FOr
_ e xamp",
a
rigid
for.
a,id aft
connaction
between tM bulnper and any ottMIr
pIIrt
of
the
"'hle:" ...,ay
inc:,.. ..
da-.. in tM evem
of a c:oIlialon.
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