![]() I never leave it with the handbrake on.Ĭould this be the problem? The brake shoes are left in close proximity of the drum and when it gets wet, they either swell or rust, or both and have a great affinity for the drum, thus jamming the brakes on? No, when stabling the trailer, I reverse it in, stop, chock the wheels on the trailer then unhitch. When reversing the friction between the shoe surface and drum drags the brake backwards so that the overrun brakes wont come on. ![]() My storage spot is in a corner and I have to reverse the trailer in. Having read up on the brakes (I had a fair idea how overrun brakes and auto revers brakes worked) and thought about it a bit (painful I know) I wondered if anyone has any thoughts on my following hypothesis. This leads to a lot of violence with a lump hammer and choice Anglo Saxon phrases to get them all moving again. Through the winter, if I don't tug it around the storage area at regular intervals, the brakes will lock on. I have a 3.5T, twin axle tilt bed Ifor Williams trailer.
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