Paul, thanks for the advice when I had the new friction pads fitted it took a lot of extra effort to close the handle so I am assuming they are correct. I have yet to change the front and rear pads but as they are only made from what appears to be plastic I don't know what if any affect they will have. Just out of interest I believe that brake cleaning fluid can be used on the side friction pads.
I take your point about the nose weight and agree that overloading it is not the way to go. What did you move to get the weight down and where did you put it and what size gas bottles do you use standard or Calor Lite ? As soon as I bring the van out of storage for its pre-winter clean I will have an experiment with bathroom scales.
Lastly I will give the tow ball another clean but I think it is probably OK as it is clean with no rust.
Mike
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