Does Anyone Check their Steadies ?
I ask this question as I never have and just rely on the annual service. Anyway coming home across France last Tuesday we stopped In a Aires for lunch, put the rear steadies down and had our lunch. When we were ready to leave I went to wind the steadies
up and the offside one dropped down (the 20mm leg nut broke up) so had to cable tie it up to get back on the road. A job to do when I get back home.
Today I took the old one off and replaced it with a new one, easy job only took 15 Min's. I thought that I might as well check the others, well you could imagine my surprise when I found that another 2 were on the way out. The other rear one is cracked
on one side and the same with the offside front one, just a matter of time before they drop down. God knows what would happen if one dropped while driving along the road.
My caravan is serviced every year and was done 5 weeks before we went to France. So I'am wondering could this have been spotted on the service or can this just happen when being used. Now I never use the steadies to lift the van only to steady the van,
so if this can happen to me it could happen to anyone.
If you can get a torch and get under your van and have a look. Better safe than sorry.
Dave