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happydad

24/8/2006 at 7:18pm
Location: lancashire
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When we have our trigano chantilly hitched onto our car and all the luggage and people on board, the clearance under the retracted jockey wheel can be as little as 5 inches.Does that sound about right?It doesnt look high enough.I went and checked all the tyre pressures today, car and trailer and its all spot on.Sorry if this is a common question.

andy100

24/8/2006 at 7:37pm
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Hi Happydad,

I too had a similar problem and decided to take the jockey wheel of and put it in the boot of the car, that way it is to hand as soon as I get on site

Andy

happydad

24/8/2006 at 7:41pm
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Hi Andy,do they come off easily?

art53

24/8/2006 at 7:46pm
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WE had same prob and ended up with a square jockey wheel where it had scuffed the road, we now detach ours too!!

happydad

24/8/2006 at 7:50pm
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Thanks for the advise.It looks like im taking the jockey wheel off.Its nice to know im not on my own,cheers art and andy

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Just unscrew the "L" shaped clamp, remove wheel and replace clamp.

Might be an idea to wrap jockey wheel in a bit of old material or bin bag, might be a bit greasy.

Andy

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