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Quote: Originally posted by Surfer01 on 09/9/2011

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As stated before there should be no need to check your wheel nuts prior to each trip unless there is an inherent fault in which case you re covered by the Sale of Goods Act.

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Just a thought if the van wheels could work lose is it possibel to have holes drilled in them and then wire through them all.I suppose got to be a reason against.

WG

Quote: Originally posted by misterg on 09/9/2011

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i dont agree with surfer01. in the real world they may simply just refuse the claim on the grounds of makers' known fault.The manufacturers wont fall over themselves to put it right and you could end up in the middle.Sincerely hope not.

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I'm new to this caravan ownership and read with great interest about wheels coming off,the first post shows a picture and i notice that their is a motor mover fitted so my question is :- what is the ratio of wheels coming off to the amount that has movers fitted.

I don't know if the mover uses both wheels or just the one but the torque on a single wheel could put undue stress on the wheel bolts resulting in them becoming lose.

It would be nice to know the answer as I am thinking of having a move fitted.

Barry..

Quote: Originally posted by bazzerb5t1 on 30/9/2011

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I'm new to this caravan ownership and read with great interest about wheels coming off,the first post shows a picture and i notice that their is a motor mover fitted so my question is :- what is the ratio of wheels coming off to the amount that has movers fitted.

I don't know if the mover uses both wheels or just the one but the torque on a single wheel could put undue stress on the wheel bolts resulting in them becoming lose.

It would be nice to know the answer as I am thinking of having a move fitted.

Barry..

Thats a fair comment, Barry but I cant see it myself. I know a guy who regularly covers many hundreds of miles with his van (single axle 1340kgs) and has a mover fitted that he uses alot and hasnt had any problems. He also has a set of wheel trims fitted to his steel wheels that are cable tied on and I just cant imagine the old guy removing these and checking his wheel bolt torque every trip. Years ago, i was a heavy vehicle technician and accasioanaly we would get a truck or trailer that had 'shed a wheel'. It was considered then to be either over or under torquing of the lug nuts or not checking them after a tyre change etc that was the casue, end of!  There are as already mentioned in this thread, so many variables! In all honesty, i dont think its nessesary to check the torque of wheel bolts or nuts every time the van goes out but I would certainly check them a couple of times after any tyre change or maintenance where the wheel was disturbed and I would check them maybe every other trip or so to be sure. Ive just checked mine and they were as i suspected, still tight. In my view, the only ways in wich a bolt or nut will come loose or shear is from over torqueing as the stud or bolt will stretch and 'yeild' or threads maybe damaged and obviuosly if its under torqued. The only other thing that may cause it to fail is over loading of the axle / wheel assembly, unlikely to that extent on a caravan! Spiggots or no spiggots will not make any differance. Thats it as far as im concerned.

 

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