Best of luck with it, learn from my mistakes 👍

Really appreciate your kind comment, glad it helped you. All the best, Jimmy

I appreciate you watching. Good luck with yours, all the best, Jimmy 👍

Beat of luck, hope it isn't as stressful for you as it was for me 👍

Thank you very much. It was a bit of a faff but I'm sure it will be easier from now on. I was losing the will to live by the end 🤣🤣

@@JimmyTheMower But, that's what makes it a great video, you've shown us what we REALLY need to know, not just "undo these bolts and Bob's yer uncle" When I do mine, I'll know what to look out for. Cheers

@sdavey10 thank you. I try and be honest in all of my videos. Especially review videos. Good luck with your damper 👍

I hope it all went well. Thanks for watching, Jimmy 👍

@@JimmyTheMower It went well, very easy (if you know what you're doing). Thank you👍

That's great news 😀

Thank you, very much appreciated. It was a lot harder than it needed to be.

Glad the video has helped you, it was a bit of a struggle but I got there in the end. I'm sure it will be a lot easier now I know what I'm doing. Best of luck, Jimmy 👍

Good luck fixing it 👍

Fantastic innovation. Well done on getting it done 👍

Cheers mate 👍

My absolute pleasure, hope it all goes well for you 👍

Tearing my hair out while trying to fix something 🤣🤣🤣

@@JimmyTheMower your a top reviewers no easy options in life mate but you make it look nature and easy .

Thank you 👍

My absolute pleasure, I'm glad you found it useful. All the best, Jimmy 👍

@@JimmyTheMower just about to do mine one!👍 had no clue.

Neither did I 🤣🤣 There was a lot more to it than I first thought but I would happily do them all the time now. Best of luck with it 👍

My absolute pleasure 👍

You are telling me....... I was losing the will to live by the end of it.

@@JimmyTheMower 🤣😂

Oh, also the damper doesn't release the brakes when reversing, the front shoe is spring loaded to release when reversing. You're welcome :)

Doesn't the damper have an override on these ?

@@JimmyTheMower No, if you think about it when you need to brake hard (i.e in an emergency) the damper would be fully depressed and at that point the last thing you would want is the brakes to release! The damper is just a shock absorber for the drawtube so you don't get kicked up the arse every time you brake. The drawtube pushes a lever attached to the braking rod to engage the brakes. The auto reverse function of the brakes is controlled in the drums, the forward facing brake shoe is spring loaded so when the wheel is in forward motion the brakes apply as normal but in reverse they release from the drum allowing you to reverse. Overrun is controlled by the damper, if you're travelling downhill with a heavy trailer the damper will collapse slightly engaging the trailer brakes so your trailer doesn't overrun or force you to go faster down the hill.

@@MarkMacRae-kp5nx A classic case of the blind leading the blind. Thank you for your qualified input. With regard to use of tools, I would never use a ratchet to hold the bolt when using an impact gun. What i wanted to confirm, is whether these couplings don't have drawer tube bushes? My memory says they don't..

No they don't. The push rod goes through a small block but it isn't bushed.

Yes I will, this is on the list for the new year. I will try and make it as soon as I can. Thanks for watching, Jimmy 👍

That's the push rod 👍

The trailer was crashing in to the back of the truck. No brakes 😯

Both go through the head, that's why it is so hard to line up..... I was losing the will to live by the end of the video 🤣🤣🤣

@@JimmyTheMower hi Jimmy, sorry my question was do either of the bolts go through the top of the damper?

@@Imtheman1977 sorry, I think they are both the same size and length, and both are threaded on this particular model so either one would do. When you buy the kit, it also comes with new nuts to go on the bolts.

The brakes have to work on this trailer. It's the only thing that stops my land rover defender 👍

Yeah it could. My advice would be to jack the trailer up and spin the wheels backward and forwards to make sure they spin freely first. All the best, Jimmy

damper wont cause thisproblem, its probably caused by brake lining coming off shoe.

I'm out at work at the moment so haven't got the information. However I made another video about changing to belows gaiter and I put the torque specs in there 👍

@@JimmyTheMower cheers, i'll check it out.

@@MrZimmaframe 👍

Thanks, you aren't wrong. It needed doing and I had to get it done so i could get back to work. I got there in the end.

Best of luck with it. I tried my best, first time I had changed one on this trailer so things weren't straightforward 👍

You don’t need to be qualified to fit a new damper any more than you do to put air in the tyres.

😂 I trust myself more than most people who have worked on my car or trailers in the past.

Who trains the trainer who trains the trainer that trained the monkey. If your mechanical the you don't need training for every bit of crap

Grow a pair.

I've changed one before but a long time ago. It's good to show the trials and tribulations and that it's not just an easy straight forward job every time.