In the tintent club

[terranosaurusdoug]

Bloody 'ell thats a big crack, don't show it to zippy656

I sometimes move my caravan a bit even though it is in storage, just so a different part of the tyres are making contact with the floor, its supposed to help the tyres

[Lazy-Ferret]

Ouch.... bet you are glad you have not towed it very far yet...

Just a side note, about the hub caps. I am not sure if caravan wheels are all alike, but when I fitted hub caps to our old van, it would wait a random amount of time, and then Frisbee them at some poor unsuspecting person... The first one, I thought was fluke as it over took me on the M40 smashing into the central barrier, the second was very scary as it took the magnetic blue light off of a fire chiefs car that was heading in the other direction on a back road!!! I tentatively fitted the third, but used cable ties just in case, and sure enough it came off, but at least stayed attached to the wheel. When I looked closely, the edge that the hub caps clips into is not flat, and has a slight slope that naturally pushes the clips out as time goes by...

Not sure how true this is, but when I asked at the caravan place about it, they told me that the earlier vans were designed like that on purpose as hub caps caused the brakes to over heat, so they did not want people fitting them, I still think a warning would have been nice, and safer..

[Lazy-Ferret]

Originally Posted by terranosaurusdoug

Bloody 'ell thats a big crack, don't show it to zippy656

I sometimes move my caravan a bit even though it is in storage, just so a different part of the tyres are making contact with the floor, its supposed to help the tyres

The neighbours take the mickey out of me, when I take the caravan for a walk.... I use the motor mover to put it out on the road, clean the drive way under it, and then put it back, or move it way from the fence to clean it, or work on it, which as you say just turns the wheels, and with the backwards and forward shuffling I have to do, is very unlikely to put the tyres back in the same spot.

Poor guy over the road is not at all mechanically minded, and the look on his face when I stood in the road behind the caravan, and said, "Come on Walkies" and the caravan started to come to me... He had no idea they did things like motor movers..

[R1cho]

still a fair few repairs to do on it yet, need to take the windows off and the awning runner so i can reseal and waterproof it all

[terranosaurusdoug]

Originally Posted by R1cho

still a fair few repairs to do on it yet, need to take the windows off and the awning runner so i can reseal and waterproof it all

I reckon the awning runner could end up being a bugger of a job to take off, without breaking it anyway, good luck fella

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by terranosaurusdoug

I reckon the awning runner could end up being a bugger of a job to take off, without breaking it anyway, good luck fella

Agreed it will deform like f**k, due to the grab of the body sealant they use, if you have access to a "hot knife" it will make it doable, I used a long blade but bar-steward of a job and as not ever going to get into awnings anyway a bit of deformation was no an issue, Rick

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by R1cho

still a fair few repairs to do on it yet, need to take the windows off and the awning runner so i can reseal and waterproof it all

One thing, Don't reuse old rails or window rubbers, new every time.

You also need new tape seal and sealer,

Lots of cleaner too

Takes about 4 hours for me to fit a new awning rail,