Took mine off and keep the spare just inside the door of the caravan for easy access. Lesson learned after following a friend while we were travelling to Cornwall and his caravan had a puncture. Lucky it was in the services. What a joke trying to get that spare wheel out and sliding it back in and that was two of us. Imagine on the side of the road trying to do this. You’d end up getting a bit savage.
Nice video! One note: Wd40 is not an adequate lubricant, more a rust removing agent, it is advised to use grease or motorcycle chain spay instead, is is also not washed away that easy.
Well, your video gave me confidence I could do it.. So thank you very much sir! But man, that was a struggle... Considering this is supposed to be used in an emergency I've rarely come across poorer designs...
Agree with other comments; WD40 is a water dispersant, it wont offer long term lubrication, your caravan maintainer will know this, Copper Ease is a good protector and lubricator for slides and threads.
I´m about to buy the same wheel carrier, so I do like that you showed us how to use it but please next time use some tissues/towels or whatever you have to protect the ground from the WD-40. It´s bad for the environment and can be slipperey for motocyclist later too.
Excellent video, I've just had word from the service mine is damaged, this gave me a great insight to how it works and what to lookout for. I can now go in with questions. I'm new to "vanning" I can now go armed with questions? Thanks.
@@thecaravanplace Thanks for your reply ! it’s just a tube in another tube isn’t it ? Can I drop the whole rack? looking at “ off side” if I remove the split pins, the whole thing should just pull to the “near side” and drop, then I should be able to refurbish….
@@stevedoran3278 yes if you undo the 2 O/S split pins on the outside, once dropped as normal on the N/S and then it will slide off. Yes just 2 tubes, 1 inside the other. 👍
@@thecaravanplace 👍🏻 it’s an old van, doesn’t look like it’s been serviced for quite a while. But before I let it loose on the road, it has to be in as near as new condition as it could be before I would let my daughter, grandson and future son in law loose with it.
I'd like to see this repeated by a 75 year old. I'm in OK condition for my age but lifting the wheel cradle back into place proved impossible without a series of levers. I was on my drive, I would have been stranded by the roadside.🤨
I've just done mine on my drive (putting the spare back), and had to stop to watch this video as can't believe how incredibly difficult this was to achieve... 1) get the carrier off and pulled out 2) Get the wheel off (the RAC guy even struggled roadside to undo the bolts...) 3) Get the wheel back on (total faff getting enough space to do it as this video demonstrates) and 4) pushing the damn thing back in (even after using copper grease to lubricate). Total and utter design failure in my opinion...
Great video! Imagine being in your 60's or 70's trying to do this at the side of the road. What a stupid design! My spare wheel stays under the bed near the axle. Just one thing WD40 is not suitable for that job.
i dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me!
@Nickolas Bowen Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im trying it out atm. I see it takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
I would never have one of those carriers there a very poor design and a pain to get in and out not just that but can lead to damage to the tyre side wall which could cause bulges. Best place for the spare wheel is inside the caravan.
Hmm something is not right here, my spare wheel carrier of the same brand goes out much more, saying you can put the wheel on it without going on your knees. Be aware, if you buy one, there are different types of length that will make your life much easier. This design is good, but the wrong one seems to be fitted here...
I’m surprised that you just squirt WD40 vaguely at the bars - why not wipe dirt off first and then lubricate with a rag. Equally surprised that you didn’t tighten any of the buts up with a spanner. Finger tight isn’t tight enough, especially with Nyloc nuts!
Thanks for your comments, when doing the job on the ground not everyone will be able to get fully under the caravan to get to the rails, I'm fortunate that I actually could, but trying to cover most people who may not so thats better than nothing. A lot of the nuts aren't nyloc so again it's trying to cover it for everyone but yes if new nuts it would be a case of using a wrench to tighten. Thanks for watching and hopefully your comments help other people too.
Took mine off and keep the spare just inside the door of the caravan for easy access. Lesson learned after following a friend while we were travelling to Cornwall and his caravan had a puncture. Lucky it was in the services. What a joke trying to get that spare wheel out and sliding it back in and that was two of us. Imagine on the side of the road trying to do this. You’d end up getting a bit savage.
Nice video! One note: Wd40 is not an adequate lubricant, more a rust removing agent, it is advised to use grease or motorcycle chain spay instead, is is also not washed away that easy.
Well, your video gave me confidence I could do it.. So thank you very much sir! But man, that was a struggle... Considering this is supposed to be used in an emergency I've rarely come across poorer designs...
Sir, you are a godsend.! My manual on a Swift Challenger basically informs me that it has a spare, after that you are on your own.
Glad to help
Nice and clear. Our van has the spare tyre stuffed in the inside locker and I was wondering where it should go!
Another great video. Love the outtakes, lol. Nothing wrong with how you said AL-KO.
Agree with other comments; WD40 is a water dispersant, it wont offer long term lubrication, your caravan maintainer will know this, Copper Ease is a good protector and lubricator for slides and threads.
You actually made that look easy!
Incredibly helpful thanks for this video.
Glad it helped.
I´m about to buy the same wheel carrier, so I do like that you showed us how to use it but please next time use some tissues/towels or whatever you have to protect the ground from the WD-40. It´s bad for the environment and can be slipperey for motocyclist later too.
Thanks 👍
Excellent video, I've just had word from the service mine is damaged, this gave me a great insight to how it works and what to lookout for. I can now go in with questions. I'm new to "vanning" I can now go armed with questions? Thanks.
Brilliant thanks for that
Thanks 👍
Thank you
Very clear, just what I needed, thanks!
Great thanks. 👍
Hi Mark, complete newbie here, and we have one of these on our caravan. What is the best method of securing the spare wheel against theft? Thanks
You can put a padlock on the black screw nut instead of the chain, but we have never heard or hasd any one steal one. 👍
What methods do you employ if it’s seized and won’t pull out ?
Soak with wd40, then trying to work it back and forth after a day or so, they will normally come free.
@@thecaravanplace Thanks for your reply ! it’s just a tube in another tube isn’t it ? Can I drop the whole rack? looking at “ off side” if I remove the split pins, the whole thing should just pull to the “near side” and drop, then I should be able to refurbish….
@@stevedoran3278 yes if you undo the 2 O/S split pins on the outside, once dropped as normal on the N/S and then it will slide off. Yes just 2 tubes, 1 inside the other. 👍
@@thecaravanplace 👍🏻 it’s an old van, doesn’t look like it’s been serviced for quite a while. But before I let it loose on the road, it has to be in as near as new condition as it could be before I would let my daughter, grandson and future son in law loose with it.
I'd like to see this repeated by a 75 year old. I'm in OK condition for my age but lifting the wheel cradle back into place proved impossible without a series of levers. I was on my drive, I would have been stranded by the roadside.🤨
I've just done mine on my drive (putting the spare back), and had to stop to watch this video as can't believe how incredibly difficult this was to achieve... 1) get the carrier off and pulled out 2) Get the wheel off (the RAC guy even struggled roadside to undo the bolts...) 3) Get the wheel back on (total faff getting enough space to do it as this video demonstrates) and 4) pushing the damn thing back in (even after using copper grease to lubricate). Total and utter design failure in my opinion...
Great video! Imagine being in your 60's or 70's trying to do this at the side of the road. What a stupid design! My spare wheel stays under the bed near the axle. Just one thing WD40 is not suitable for that job.
i dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an instagram account..?
I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me!
@Otis Decker instablaster ;)
@Nickolas Bowen Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im trying it out atm.
I see it takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Nickolas Bowen it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thank you so much, you saved my account :D
@Otis Decker Glad I could help :D
I would never have one of those carriers there a very poor design and a pain to get in and out not just that but can lead to damage to the tyre side wall which could cause bulges. Best place for the spare wheel is inside the caravan.
They are a pain in this location.thanks for commenting.
It's a snip 😂
Hmm something is not right here, my spare wheel carrier of the same brand goes out much more, saying you can put the wheel on it without going on your knees.
Be aware, if you buy one, there are different types of length that will make your life much easier. This design is good, but the wrong one seems to be fitted here...
I’m surprised that you just squirt WD40 vaguely at the bars - why not wipe dirt off first and then lubricate with a rag. Equally surprised that you didn’t tighten any of the buts up with a spanner. Finger tight isn’t tight enough, especially with Nyloc nuts!
Thanks for your comments, when doing the job on the ground not everyone will be able to get fully under the caravan to get to the rails, I'm fortunate that I actually could, but trying to cover most people who may not so thats better than nothing. A lot of the nuts aren't nyloc so again it's trying to cover it for everyone but yes if new nuts it would be a case of using a wrench to tighten. Thanks for watching and hopefully your comments help other people too.