Westfalia 317 016 Manual De Instrucciones página 44

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Operating instructions for detachable ball rod
Important:
Each time before towing a trailer,
check that the ball rod is properly
locked (see A. 3 below)!
Do not release unless the trailer is
hitched up!
When driver without a trailer, the
ball rod must be taken off and the
plug ALWAYS inserted in the
mounting tube!
A. INSTALLATION
1. Remove the plug from the mount-
ing tube.
When the ball rod is taken out of
the boot it is normally in the "pre-
tension-ed state".
recognise this from the fact that
the release lever (see sketch) is
resting against the ball rod. There
is a gap of about 6 mm be-tween
handwheel and ball rod (see
sketch) and the "red" marking of
the handwheel is in the "green"
area of the ball rod.
Please note that the ball rod can
be inserted only in this state!
Should, for whatever reason, the
lock-ing mechanism of the ball rod
have been released before instal-
lation - you can recognise this
from the fact that there is a gap of
about 5 mm between release lever
and ball rod (see sketch), the
"green" marking of the handwheel
is aligned with the "green" area of
the ball rod and the handwheel
(see sketch) is resting against the
ball rod - the release mechanism
has to be pre-tensioned as fol-
lows:
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Insert the key, open the lock and
then pull out the handwheel to the
side and turn it in the direction of the arrow as far as the stop. The
release lever will then engage and,
after the handwheel is released,
the locking mechanism remains in
the pretensioned position.
2. To install the ball rod, insert it into
the mounting tube from below and
push it up.
•
The locking operation is per-
formed automatically in this
case.
•
Do not hold your hands in the
area of the hand-wheel.
•
Close the lock and withdraw the
key.
•
Press the cap onto the lock.
You can
3. For safety reasons:
Always check whether the ball rod
is properly locked and secured.
You can recognise this from the
following characteristics:
•
"Green"
handwheel is aligned with the
"green" area of the ball rod.
•
Handwheel is resting against
ball rod (no gap).
•
Lock closed and key withdrawn
(hand-wheel cannot be pulled
out).
•
Ball rod must be fully inserted in
the mounting tube and be tight
(check by shaking).
If the check of all 4 characteristics
is not satisfactory, the installation
proce-dure should be repeated.
Even if only one of the character-
istics is not met, the towing device
must not be used.
In this case, contact the manufac-
turer.
B. REMOVAL
1. Pull the cap off the lock and press
2.
3. Stow the ball rod in the boot in a
marking of the
C. IMPORTANT
cap onto the handle of the key.
Open lock with the key (key can-
not be withdrawn when lock is
open!)
•
Hold ball rod tight, pull out
handwheel at the side and turn it
against the force of the spring in
the direction of the ar-row as far
as the stop.
•
Remove ball rod downward out
of the mounting tube.
•
The handwheel can then be re-
leased; it then automatically en-
gages in the tensioned position.
•
Please also pay attention to the
sym-bols on the handwheel and
on the en-closed sketch "De-
tachable ball rod".
safe place and protected against
dirt.
As already mentioned, the key
cannot be withdrawn in the
tensioned position.
Insert plug into the mounting
tube!
POINTS
NOTE!
The ball rod can be easily installed
and removed with the normal force
of your hands.
Please never use any sort of aids
or tools etc. as this might result in
dama-ge to the mechanism.
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