Sticking Brake Cable

 During this year one the brakes seemed to rub and on inspection it appeared that it was not releasing fully. This seemed to be caused by the cable sticking, as if this was given a shake then the brakes would fully release. Once the cable was removed it was clear that the cable was not moving freely in the outer casing. However, after lots of WD40, pulling and twisting etc and finally some grease all is well and the brakes now move on and off with great ease.

Useful things are - a good head torch, so you can see what you are doing and an old piece of carpet to lay on !

Indespension used to produce a trailer manual, which is really useful. It includes lots of information with excellent coloured photos showing how to work on your trailer.

Cushion Repair

The cabin cushions had started to split in a couple of places, especially the "in fill" which tends to get squashed, as its corner is where we tend to sit. A temporary repair was with some gaffer tape. The existing material was quite smooth and clearly getting glue to adhere was going to be a challenge.

Earlier in the year I'd made some repairs to the tender and used Polymarine 3026 - this has seemed to have worked well so far. 

Polymarine PVC (3026) Inflatable Boat Adhesive 2-Part 250ml - TCS Chandlery Ltd

So decided to use this with some material obtained from eBay.

The material was sold as :

Water repellent polyester. Medium weight polyester, easy enough to use with a domestic sewing machine and to hand sew but still tough and durable. Suitable for outdoor cushions, deckchairs, awnings, windbreaks, bean bags and much more. Weight: 225gsm.

The Polymarine glue seems to have worked well but only time will tell. In the instructions it is recommended to clean the surface with acetone but on testing I found this attacked the existing cushion covering - so was not used - but was just given a good clean instead.