sharpy Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Hi all, new to this so please be gentle with me, bought a trailer which is a Sankey, its at my mum-in-laws at the mo and im trying to get it fit to trailer home, i have today took off the eye and barrel assembly, partialy stripped it down only to find i need even more tools! the nut im trying to remove to releases the eye itself, lots of rust and about a 50mm spanner? required? is there an easier way? do i need the huge spanner? any tips? also the rubber washers i have encounterd so far are dropping to bits and resemble thick oil. cheers paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Difficult to answer this as we have no idea about what alternative facilities you have. A big adjustable or Stillsons are the first options. Can you put the nut in a bench mounted vice and rotate the eye with a bar or tube through the hole? Heating a rusty nut is always the best way of releasing or reducing the rust hold. Do you have a portable Oxy-acetylene or Propane torch? As you have the unit off the trailer you can always take it away to somewhere that is more likely to have suitable facilities - think country garage rather than town garage; commercial or agricultural vehicle garages are other options. For replacement parts I can only think of possibly CSTAT of the EMLRA, they do sell to non-members. Or http://www.NKrecovery.co.uk who advertise part assemblies for Sankey hitches. I assume you have a NATO hook on your tow vehicle, and your next question isn't going to be 'how do I convert a Sankey to a 50mm ball hitch, at a height to suit my car'? HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummikuh Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I would also add that there is a pin through the big nut which will need knocking out first. I cut my own rubber buffers out of some old conveyer belt rubber, seems to work OK. Regards Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted June 30, 2010 Author Share Posted June 30, 2010 I would also add that there is a pin through the big nut which will need knocking out first. I cut my own rubber buffers out of some old conveyer belt rubber, seems to work OK. Regards Pete hi guys, yeah i have got the online manual, so i knew about the pin, but it seemed there wasnt one as i could see the shaft though the hole in the nut? anyhow decided that the cost of a replacement was worth it £35 from Anchor, i didnt have the tools required so the far cheaper route was a take off part. second question is, how do i get it to fit onto a Fiat 500? joking Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errol209 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 second question is, how do i get it to fit onto a Fiat 500? It'll probably go, the other way round ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Hi again Finally got around to start of the refurb with the trailer, does anyone know what replacement brake shoes I need to replace the old ones? I have took one to my local car parts place and he has searched bit to no avail? I have been td that some peoe rub N these trailers without brakes, is this an option? Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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