Posts Tagged "brake cables"

Adjusting Knott Brakes

This guide is for adjusting Knott trailer brakes. When adjusting brakes you must always start from the Wheel and work forwards. Adjusting Knott Brakes Note-Before beginning your Brake Adjustment it is important to strap your handbrake down onto your Coupling. Or, with Indespension, insert an M10 Bolt into your Coupling. This is to prevent injury […]

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Identifying Trailer Brakes

The 2 main manufacturers of brakes in the UK, these are Knott and Al-Ko. There are 2 other manufacturers which are used in the UK; these are Bradley and BPW (BPW fitted to Graham Edwards Trailers). This guide will help you to indentify Knott and Al-Ko Brakes. Identifying Knott Brakes These can be recognised, without […]

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Brake cable replacement/fitting guide

Here is a guide that will help you replace either Knott or Al-ko detachable trailer brake cables. This guide will illustrate the processes you will have to go through, as well as point out any important information that could prove useful to a trailer owner. First of all, you will have to find a way […]

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Identifying trailer brake cables

How to identifying trailer brake cables   Identifying trailer brake cables. Over the years trailer brake cables have altered. In the 80’s when bowden brake cables were first used they had a fixed eye. Fitting these cables was not easy because it involved removing the brake shoes. As a result in the 1990’s Brake manufacturers started […]

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