Motor mover bolts coming loose

IanTG
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edited July 2019 in Parts & Accessories #1

partway through a 6 week trip to Spain, the Powrtouch Auto mover failed to engage on one side. After some searching I found that on each side of the mover, there is an inner and outer anchor bolt which threads into the plate behind. Of these 4 bolts, two were loose and one had clearly fell out. I was able to buy a replacement bolt from a local Spanish ironmonger and hacksaw the length down to size. So situation was resolved. 

I understand that only greasing is carried at the annual service (back in February) so no reason for bolts to have been touched then. The mover was fitted new to new van in Feb 2017.

I for one will now be checking these bolts very so often, but wondered if anyone else has had this problem.

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  • SteveL
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    edited July 2019 #2

    We had a powertouch auto fitted to a new van in January 2014. No problems of any kind with it when we traded the van in for a MH in March 2019.

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited July 2019 #3

    Not yet Ian but thanks for the heads up. I suppose that any bolt can come loose but on such an important piece of kit why don’t they use Nylok nuts??  

  • Phishing
    Phishing Forum Participant Posts: 597
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    edited July 2019 #4

    Had 2 of these and fitted one myself. The bolts should not come loose, I would suspect they were not torqued when fitted. Powrtouch are renowned for their reliability. 

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2019 #5

    Our power touch was fitted in 2017 and we have done several thousand of miles on Uk roads?and not had bolts coming loose ,I suspect as others yours were not touqued up on fitting and is the m m inspected on a service? 

     

  • Merve
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    edited July 2019 #6

    I was under the van the other day checking the Powertouch and painting the exposed parts with anti rust paint and protecting all exposed threads with copper slip grease (as the last mover was unbelievably rusty after 5 years.) Everything looked spot on and everything was tight and solid. I agree with Phishing- they should not come loose and there is obviously a reason why they did but how the hell do you prove it?? 

  • ABM
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    edited July 2019 #7

    Ian,  if you are still concerned about the bolts coming loose  might I suggest a touch of LOCTITE ( spelling ?? ) or as a last resort, a dab of Nail Varnish will hold them securely until the engineers can check on them.

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