[quote="Dennis"]Hello Chris
I assume your trailer is fitted with the "AL-KO Braked Euro - Compact Axle With waterproof bearing". When I bought Mary Ann, Bob gave me the sales literature from AL-KO giving the details for this equipment which is certainly fitted to my trailer.
Service kits are easily available from a number of suppliers, I did a Google search and came up with the following info.
[font="Arial Black"][color="Red"]Alko Brake Kit for one AXLE (two sets of brake shoes) For euro Axles post 1994. Single axles <1800kg, Tandem axles <3500kg. 230mm Diameter Drum, 61mm Brake Shoe Width.
Further Details
■x 4 : 384.509 Brakes Shoe (single)
■x 4 : Cover plate
■x 4 : Shoe retaining spring
■x 2 : Dust Cap 2361
■x 2 : Flanged Nut 2361[/color][/font]
Here are some (on-line) suppliers:
http://www.westerntowing.co.uk/acatalog/AL_KO_BrakesBC.html
Hi everyone,
Dennis is a fantastic source of information and he was spot on with his advice about brake shoe spares for the Honnor Marine trailer.. What neither of us realised is that not all trailers by Honnor Marine are the same.
Today I discovered that my Honnor Marine trailer (2006) for boat number 67 has a different Al-Ko axle to that fitted on Dennis trailer...
On the top edge on the brake backing plate viewed from inboard (almost impossible if the boat is on the trailer) are a series of stamped in numbers.. Mine include the four number code 2051 ..... Dennis's will have the four number code 2361... This relates to the brake shoes replacement kits you will need.
My axle is rated to 1500kg and the brake drum is 200mm internal diameter and the shoes 50mm wide...
Dennis' axle is rated 1800kg and the drum diameter is 230mm and shoe width 60mm...
So when I come to sell you can haggle about whether my trailer is any good, but I'm not selling because we love Kaliope... Even though we live on a mountain and have virtually no brakes (seemingly) we get on fine.. We don't trail sail Kaliope and only move the boat twice a year, so all the safety issues of proper towing at speed etc doesn't apply.
But now you know where to look for the part number for the brakes fitted to your HM trailer..
Cheers
Chris (no brakes ) Wicks