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Hi,

I bought a 2002 Sunncamp 400se off eBay in the spring, and within 1 mile of the sellers house, one of the wheels came off!! Nightmare.

I was able to recover 3 of the wheel nuts but one was sheared, so after a bit of shifting about I now have 3 on each side and I have towed it home.

But now I am struggling to find replacements. Motor stores do not seem to stock them, and my local Sunncamp dealer thinks that they can get me a set of 4 from the Sunncamp factory for £51, but they have no idea when.

Does anyone know of a stockist for replacement wheel nuts for my trailer tent?

Cheers,

Neil

Hi,

The easiest solution would be to find your nearest trailer centre (indespension or similiar) by looking in the yellow pages, and take along one of the old wheel nuts and they should be able to supply replacements.

Most small trailers and trailer tents over the years have tended to use the same size nuts and studs as the old mini cars (3/8 UNF thread), and don't tend to differ greatly so should be very easy to replace.

Are you correct in stating Sunncamp want £51.00 for four?? Towsure list the wheel nuts at £0.60 each, but you would need to check they are the right thread size.

Hope that helps,

Regards, Tim.

It may also be worthwhile investing in a torque wrench to torque the wheel nuts correctly - over tightening them can cause the studs to stretch and possible shear, which would be just as bad a situation as under tightening them.