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Quote: Originally posted by les + june on 29/3/2007

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  I have only had the jockey wheel slip down once, it was because I hadn't tightened it up properly.

  I solved it immediately I took it off and put it in the boot of the car, problem solved.

 

 

 

   Les

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Not so easy for us to do that. Because it is located inside the A-frame, and protrudes through the fairing, it would be necessary to dismantle the two sections of the jockey, and remove one half from the top and the other half from the bottom.  Relocation could be fiddly.

Bertie.

Don't worry, purplehat.  We all do daft things occasionally,  The things we always get right are those where we have done something wrong in the past.  Learning the hard way is usually a lasting lesson.

Bertie.

My senior moments are def on the increase !  As we were nearly home, I have to swing round a tight corner onto a single lane little bridge. Because of this tight bend  my direction has priority over the bridge. I was just going onto the bridge when a young lady in a car coming the other way just kept coming even though we were clearly visible to her. We met half way and she just sat there gesticulating. OH went to ask her to reverse back the 12 odd feet and she said no because we had been travelling too fast. ( towing in first gear on a tight bend?) Pointed out that we had the right of way but she just sat there. Unbelievable. She made a phone call, rummaged through her handbag and then reversed up. What on earth was that all about?  Oh, and I left the jumbo feet I had purchased in the dealership shop. If I was able to drink, this would be a G&T moment.

Purplehat, You share everything in common with the rest of us with the exception that you are more honest n admiting the odd fault!!! I thought your session with the young lady almost matched something that happened to me last year, I also had the caravan on the back and was over halfway through a single lane with the right of way when this woman pulled out and started heading towards me on the same piece of road, I slowed and stopped and she sat there honking the horn and also making hand signals.

Being on my own I gets out after a few minutes as it was certain she was not going to move, her reason"I got fed up of waiting" when asked what she expected me to do she replied"reverse back" she also was on the phone at the same time as she was trying to get me to move out of the way, luck for me the woman in the car behind me was an off duty police officer and she ended up having to move back and also got a ticket for her troubles.

I think we all have good and bad days, but the bad days stick in your mind more.

Micky

If you want a real senior moment, purplehat, how about this.   I used our shower, then OH used the shower.  She then said that the showerhead would not fit back properly.  I had a go but, no matter how we tried, the head insisted on staying totally upright (could not get it at usable angle). 

Our son, who happened to be staying in the vicinity, called on us later in the day, and we told him of the problem.  He looked at the showerhead and just turned the bracket 90 degrees on the slider rail.  OH had accidentally turned it forwards without noticing what she had done, and I'd obviously had a mental block and simply did not see the obvious.  Not bad for a lifetime DIYer.

Bertie.

Two stories there about impatient young ladies, nice to see the second one got her just desserts and also there being a copper about when you need one!!

With the jockey wheel and assuming it was definitely wound up tight, I wonder and especially being a new van if the wheels are balanced?

I know the thread is vertical rather than horizontal but?, I've been investigating floor plate cracks on some Truma fires while others don't suffer, vibration from un-balanced wheels seems the only likely reason. The point being vibration will cause all sorts of odd problems.

Hi purplehat

The same thing happened to us with the jockey wheel last year on our first outing , there was a thread going last year and it seemed to be happening to quite a few people new and experienced so we will always use the bungee cords now .

wardy