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Topic: Valencia jockey wheel stowing

bobnjean

15/7/2020 at 5:31pm
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Hi all,

Our 2013 Bailey Valencia 'New to us' van has a jockey wheel that I'm struggling to stow correctly. I have a suspicion it has been replaced at some time and maybe with the incorrect size.

The wheel lifts up OK but will not stow under or in the fairing. It can lie alongside the fairing, with the wheel forward or backward facing. But unless the tightening bar ends up tightened alongside the wheel itself, the wheel can flap around or rotate, leaving black marks against the fairing. This doeant't look or feel right.

Anyone advise or tell me if it should stow under or alongside the fairing?
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Bob

664DaveS

16/7/2020 at 4:53pm
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If the wheel is like our Unicorn Cadiz and previous Vigo the wheel sits on the left side of the A Frame.
When wound up the yoke holding the wheel should be in the slots in the the top part of the jockey wheel, it doesn't flap about. The actual wheel can rotate on its axle. The wheel sits close to the fairing and can mark it, especially if a bigger or tubed wheel is fitted. Not the best design.
On the last van I put some clear sticky plastic on the side of the fairing to protect it.

On some vans the wheel goes up under the a frame near the centre, we had a Pageant Burgundy which did that. If yours is that type it may have a replacement jockey wheel.
Some people have mentioned wheels unwinding on tow and use a bungy on the handle to the a frame to stop it.

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