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Subject Topic: speed wobble when sited Post Reply Post New Topic
25/9/2010 at 4:49pm
 Location: travelling uk
 Outfit: lunar lexon 640 rs
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This problem is starting to get to me: The caravan Lunar Lexon 640RS twin axle ramped one side to level, spot on fore and aft and across the beam, all steadies lowered standing on hardwood.  Get in the van walk about and the whole thing wobbles the tv is virtually levitating check the rear steadies, off the ground lower again get in walk about the same happens. After a couple of days no more adjustment is required on the back end but you guessed it the whole van has turned into a gigantic jelly anybody have any answers please.


25/9/2010 at 6:33pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Nissan X-Trail & Bailey Ranger
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Soft ground settling under weight of van at the wheels and steadies would be my guess. An additional turn or two of the steadies is almost always required after a day or so, I find, and on soft ground the problem's worse. And no caravan's going to be rock solid.

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26/9/2010 at 8:49am
 Location: Keswick
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Agree with Viggo. Were you on grass?  Some sites have such soft turf that some part of the van will sink.  Some sites have grasscell blocks for the hard standing and I have found that some are not quite long enough for the van so that two steadies are on the block and the others are on the grass. Much firmer landing on a hard standing.

When you have levelled "for and aft and across the beam" do you check the level as you put the steadies are down? Too little a turn at one end can raise the other leading to wobble. I tend to keep the spirit level in place and check that it has not moved as I put the steadies down. I start at the rear steadies (no reason, just do) and check that we are still level and then the front steadies.

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26/9/2010 at 2:26pm
 Location: Lancashire
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found that after a day on hardstanding pitches that the legs need to be tightened.and again two days later.

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27/9/2010 at 5:11am
 Location: Polesworth Warwickshire
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I don't think this problem is uncommon.  Most vans need re-adjusting after they have settled.

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27/9/2010 at 9:48am
 Location: travelling uk
 Outfit: lunar lexon 640 rs
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Many thanks for your suggestions, grass and on ramps exacerbates the situation, when all wheels and steadies are down on hard stand its quite steady.


27/9/2010 at 11:17am
 Location: corby northants
 Outfit: swift charisma 540 Landrover Freelande
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try sticking a plank under the opp wheels

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27/9/2010 at 12:02pm
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Ive a twin and the only time i get shaking is on pebbles not on grass or whin dust,or when the wife who is flat footied walks in the van .I remember seeing in a caravan book some sort of ties that go from one steady to the other this was supposed to stop shaking and wobbling..

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27/9/2010 at 2:01pm
 Location: Keswick
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"when the wife who is flat footied walks in the van"

Now theres a thing. We get a wobble when the wife walks to the bathroom, but not when I do. I have often told the wife that she has a caravan deportment problem but she denies it. Wonder if it's a woman thing?

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28/9/2010 at 7:18am
 Location: leics
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im forever adjusting steadies. i always notice the wobbles when the wife moves.she doesnt notice or just doesnt moan like us chaps.

atb.neil 



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28/9/2010 at 9:29am
 Location: Leeds ish
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I get wobble when my wife gets into bed. but from then on I prefer the van to respond at least a little bit..


28/9/2010 at 7:35pm
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This post should have been called wobbily wife syndrome....

and guys i thot i was the only caravaner in the whole of the uk that suffered from this..

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01/10/2010 at 4:54pm
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gone are the days that my wife makes my caravan wobble...

maybe a little extra vodka in her coke may do the trick



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Quote: Originally posted by jaysere03 on 01/10/2010

gone are the days that my wife makes my caravan wobble...

maybe a little extra vodka in her coke may do the trick




Or hey man something to smoke..

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JEFF................


01/10/2010 at 9:10pm
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On soft grass I always put the van wheels on a plank of wood either side then the ramps if needed this stops the van sinking spreads the van weight. I use 3 x 3 blocks under the steadys and adjust as needed. This also helps when the time comes to tow off as the van has not sunk down.

Sennen



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