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The problem is with the jockey wheel inside the A-frame it can only be removed/replaced by fully unscrewing the handle and allowing the bottom half to drop out.

When attached to the car there is insufficient height for it to drop down.

hi john

just back from italy, lights broke b4 going on ferry, thought it was bulb, took off panel, bulb fine, checked fuse, it was also fine, called dealer checked plug to car, it was it, the plug is corroded.  it is going into them again next week to fix a few things.

when we took the rear light panel off by removing the 4 screws, the rubber rawl plugs dropped inside the van.  had to travel to italy with light panel taped on.... dealer sent screws to italy wrong size, luckily our friends hadnt left dover yet and they got some at a dealer but we only had 3 so one still missing, and when we take it off again we will lose them again, bad design and seemingliy very common according to dealer any suggestiond for replcaing them all together

You hols look lovely

You can use plastic wall plugs instead.

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I put a picture of a caravan with the jockey wheel inside the A-frame on my profile page so that I could put it on to this posting.

When I changed it back to the above pic it has changed the pic on the posting as well

It seems that Alko fix the side clamp on the side of the A-frame and the internal clamp at the same height inside the A-frame.

BPW fix the side clamp above the the A-frame (on the top) thus giving more ground clearance.

On the Alko above the bolts holding the hitch to the A-frame it would be possible to fix 2in X 2in by 8in X 1/4in thick angle iron which would be held by the coupling bolts thus needing no drilling(they are long enough).

The side clamp would then bolt on to the angle iron and give about 3in more ground clearance plus the ability to remove the jockey wheel easily.

This would then require the plastic cover to be cut as is normal with side fixing clamps

Why dont foriegn vans have faults?  funny as were rally with several people who have hobby vans, which have lots of faults and no warranty due to the distance they were bought from the owners home, unless of course they wish to drive hundreds of miles to get them fixed, which they dont they just suck up and take it to the local dealer to get repair and pay the bill.  Another problem when parts are required.

Anyway John youll be please to know that the wheel wasnt hitting of the ground and it is fine now, the brake was jamming on and was replaced within 1 hour.  so alls fine.  its in at the dealers for snagging bits to be fixed.  all of which we could have done our self but when we have a guarantee why bother.

The joys of British caravans!  Plus keeps our economy in good shape  but i suppose Germany needs all the help they can get just now.

disagree completely, nothing wrong with the quality of finish in any of the vans i have had, although most people we meet that are new ralliers dont realise foriegn vans dont have a lot of the facilities we take for granted installed ie ariel, cooker, battery, etc etc, etc.