Jockey wheel - beware of it unwinding

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  • Freedom a whitebox
    Freedom a whitebox Club Member Posts: 296 ✭✭✭
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    edited December 2016 #32

    I not saying who's right or wrong on this one. When my bailey was just over a year old, the Alko jockey wheel did the same thing. I believe that I did put strain on the handle to lock the threads. But mine did come apart and I lost the wheel,and inner shaft. The outer tube was sprayed where the shaft had been pulled by the wheel coming in contact with the road. Since then, for peace of mind I remove it when travelling. 

    As for things coming loose on caravans whilst travelling,I think that's why you are advised to check the wheel nuts before each journey. 

  • xtrailman
    xtrailman Forum Participant Posts: 559
    edited December 2016 #33

    My caravan a Unicorn 1 was noted for wheel detachments, so much so Bailey recalled them to fit different wheel nuts with a higher torque setting.

  • katieb
    katieb Forum Participant Posts: 74
    edited January 2017 #34

    I think you're right XTM.

    the only two times this has happened to me was on my current van when it was new.  Identical set up to previous van apart from a lot more lubrication.  Wiped this away and fine for the past three years.

  • xtrailman
    xtrailman Forum Participant Posts: 559
    edited January 2017 #35

    Yes but some would accuse you of operator error. wink

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited January 2017 #36

    Of course you would if it happened twice ..... once could be unlucky but twice is careless. What about the rest of us that manage to get to where we're going complete with our jockey wheel?

  • xtrailman
    xtrailman Forum Participant Posts: 559
    edited January 2017 #37

    Or those who have never lost a wheel like myself?

    Same flawed argument, assuming the wheel nuts havent been torqued correctly, so anyone who has lost one is guilty of user error.

    Yet there have been reports of wheel detachments even when the owner has seen the fitter torque up the wheels before departure from the dealer.

    I havent lost a wheel so anyone who has is the problem, thats MM thinking.

  • triky auto
    triky auto Forum Participant Posts: 8,690
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    edited January 2017 #38

    Cable tie it !!undecided.

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited January 2017 #39

    I've seen  tyre fitters use torque wrenches to supposedly tighten wheels up to the correct torque & then bent my wheel brace trying to undo them again, so I'd no more trust them to under tighten wheel nuts/bolts than over tighten them. Considering the amount of miles travelled by caravans & the relatively few wheels & jockey wheels that come adrift, my money is still on operator error ... especially if it's happened to you more than once.

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