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25/1/2020 at 6:25pm
Location: East Herts
Outfit: 1992 Elddis Wisp 450CT + X Trail
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You may find that if you take off the hub the stud will knock out or press out. If it does, all you need is a new stud and new nuts. Whichever, you shouldn't need to touch the other side.
If both tyres are new and there is only months between them, I would think it should be fine as long as the tyres are the same make, tread pattern and load rating.
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25/1/2020 at 8:31pm
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If your caravan is modern with the usual Alko chassis then wheels bolt directly into brake drum which is combined with hub & sealed bearing & is held onto stub axle with large hub nut that is discarded & replaced every time it is removed. This for caravan built mid 90s onward. Before that unsealed bearings & castellated nuts were used.
Wheel bolts should be softer metal than drum so once you have the bolt out you my find thread in drum is ok & you only need a new wheel bolt.
If thread has had it & new drum is required you should be ok just replacing one side. New drum is well over £100 so check thread is ok first. If new bolt screws in easy & torques up ok you are ok.
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25/1/2020 at 8:38pm
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Also worth pointing out that damaged threads can be repaired by being Helicoiled but I don’t know if this is advisable for a wheel thread. Most garages can do thread repair with Helicoil inserts so worth an inquiry.
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25/1/2020 at 10:25pm
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As others are talking about wheel BOLTS as opposed to wheel NUTS, that is the first thing to determine. The O/P did say wheel NUTS, which suggests to me that there are studs in the brake drum/hub.
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26/1/2020 at 1:03pm
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Quote: Originally posted by jlowe2 on 26/1/2020
Hi there many thanks with the advice so far most helpful. When posting the notice just to clarify the nut refers to the bolt that ho;ds the caravan wheel to the hub regards
Ah, if they are bolts then I agree with Billy. You may have to replace the brake drum if a new bolt won't screw in and fasten securely because of a damaged thread. Still only need to do the one side though, unless of course there is one damaged that side too.
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31/1/2020 at 9:03pm
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I think you may be wrong about the tyres, there was quite a bit of information on here about dates of tyres, it’s more about how they were stored prior to use rather than the manafactured date I think is what the post said, worth doing a search and checking for the proper information.
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