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Topic: Trigano Olympe corner steadies

Whyte family

26/5/2015 at 2:57pm
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After a weekend camp in our olympe we had packed up to come home and started winding up the corner steadies. Three of them went up no problem but one was stiff at first then started turning with a horrible squealing sound. About halfway up it lost traction and the leg fell downward.

A look underneath showed that the long bolt had come out of the far hole so we popped it back in but no matter what we tried it would not work - the bolt appeared to have no grip.

Compared to the other legs we can see no difference (nothing obvious missing) and the only difference is it will not stay in the far hole. Why is this? Can we fix it or does it need to go to a repair centre?

We are baffled! tied it up with cord and duct tape to get home.

Paddy01

26/5/2015 at 3:15pm
Location: Leeds
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When u get home take the corner leg off if I rme,bet ther is 4 securing bolts, two each side. You will be able to assess what is the issue better.

You should be able to get a replacement from either camperlands or Black Country caravans if required.

You will probably find that any local trailer centre or garage could repair the steady for you also

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Tony (TrigOwners )

Whyte family

29/5/2015 at 9:51am
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Thanks for the reply. Cos TT is fairly new (only had it a year) we have decided to phone Blacks Country Caravans (where we bought it) and ask their advice, they should be able to tell us what happened and why (in case it was user error) hopefully they'll fix it too. My Dad used to be an engineer (long retired!) and even he's baffled!

billy

29/5/2015 at 9:58am
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It sounds like the nut bit fixed into leg has lost its thread causing winding spindle to just rotate in it. I don't know if your trailer has the standard Al-ko steadies, if it does then these nuts are replaceable using tools & some effort. Otherwise a new leg sounds best bet. If its only a yr old, a warranty job, possibly?

Can you post up a photo of it?

Whyte family

07/6/2015 at 9:06pm
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Thanks for your advice Billy x and sorry for late reply and no pic.

The thread on the screw/bolt going sounds like a possibility. The Husband phoned BCC who suggested we take it in for them to look at, which we will do on our next free weekend. Will post what the verdict is incase others suffer a similar problem.

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