Sankey Drum Brakes

[Mark_Solesbury]

Hi

I need to look at the brakes on my sankey trailer.

How much travel should there be on the eye for the brakes?

Ive put a cable tie round it, and when i brake very hard in the 90, the tie only moves about an inch. I assume that the brakes are working, but wonder if there should be more travel to put them on harder?

Also, do the sankey just take normal landrover drum brakes?

[Range Rover Blues]

I'd expect it to move maybe half of the travel available, are you happy that the trailer brakes are coming on?

As a guide the reversing block should be sufficient to prevent the brakes coming on, IIRC that means I have more travel than that on mine.