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My O2

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23 Jun 2013 10:23 #74740 by JimnySweep
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adamatdraycott wrote: Towing with an a-frame the car becomes recognised as a trailer.

A trailer must be braked if over 750k
A jimny curb is 1030kg

How have you hooked you brakes up?

This is the reason you see many motor homes pulling Toyota IQ's as they weigh next to nothing

See this link:
www.gov.uk/towing-with-car/towing-equipment-safety-standards


Certainly have :)

The system I'm using is called RVi2 www.towtal.co.uk/motorhome-a-frames/rvi-brake/

Brilliant bit of kit and easy to set up, does away with the overrun system that is likely to be outlawed after next year.

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23 Jun 2013 11:53 #74747 by adamatdraycott
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Impressive bit of kit!

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23 Jun 2013 13:20 #74766 by markyp2000
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So how does it work with a servo assised system the more you aply the brake with out the engine running the harded the pedel gets and when you want to use it the battery is flat due to jimnys fag lighters only working with the ignition on

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23 Jun 2013 13:25 #74768 by JimnySweep
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It doesn't rely on the servo, when setting up the kit pumps the pedal a few times to bleed it. There is enough strength in the mechanism to work the brakes without servo assistance.

The cigarette lighter is permanently live on mine so doesn't need to have the ignition on and the current drain is tiny.

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23 Jun 2013 14:36 #74779 by Northern-Wanderer
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Suzuki say that as the gearbox is not turning no oil is been splashed onto the rear gearbox bearing that supports the propshaft and over a long distance of towing the bearing will run dry.Markyp2000 is right,take off the prop for long distance towing

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23 Jun 2013 14:44 #74781 by markyp2000
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The gear box will turn the lay shaft but not the input shaft on the clutch end

Not towing it is some thing to do with the t box and it being 4wd but if its been tryed and tested by othere with no problem then its up to the owner

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