A Frame damage

Wodders
Wodders Forum Participant Posts: 11
edited February 2022 in Caravans #1

Two for one on this.

I’m not 100% sure where I went wrong, whilst winding my jockey wheel to raise my hitch (to hitch up) the front end collapsed and the A frame cover hit the ground, causing the damage pictured.

So, question number one, where did I go wrong? Question number two, in my head I can repair the damage in the image with a bit of superglue, am I right? Any better suggestions?

TIA!

 

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  • Unknown
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    edited February 2022 #2
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  • Wodders
    Wodders Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited February 2022 #3

    Thanks for your input, trying to remember now if I fiddled with the clamp before winding.

    Might where some steel toe caps next time. Just in case.laughing

  • RedKite
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    edited February 2022 #4

    OH said a piece of fibreglass sheet and resin behind the crack cover the area more than the  crack also said a piece of metal rivetted on ie aluminium. Hope this helps.

  • dave the rave
    dave the rave Forum Participant Posts: 806
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    edited February 2022 #5

    As others have said......clamp not tightened sufficiently.Repair......If it was mine I would use a powerfile to make it look like a cut out for the wheel to swivel.

  • Navigateur
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    edited February 2022 #6

    Another couple of service stickers should fix it!

  • eribaMotters
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    edited February 2022 #7

    I had a couple of cracks appear on my plastic A frame cover, so not as bad as what you have but the self fix may still apply. This was after drilling 3mm holes at the end of the cracks so would not grow.

    I used an offcut of Iroko [poor mans teak] and planed it to suit the internal radius/profile of the broken cover. I thoroughly cleaned the internal surfaces and de -greased the iroko with meths before slapping a copious quantity of epoxy resin [araldite] onto the timber before offering it up to the plastic and clamping in place with quick grip type G clamps.

    The repair was made several years ago when the van was still under warranty but I had rejected a new cover as it was a recurring design fault and would crack again. 4 years later the repair is as good as the day I made it. The only thing you will need to be careful of is oozing of the araldite. Any excess that escapes eventually turns an unattractive yellow.

    Any good weather resistant hardwood will do the job.

    Colin

  • Kasspa
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    edited February 2022 #8

    As has been suggested, fibreglass sheet & resin.... I would drill a couple of small holes for resin to protrude through to act like a rivet, sand down & touch up with paint....

    Alternative, any mobile smart repair outfit could do it.

    hth

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