We have an elddis advante 540 with a central jockey wheel. The clamp is so stiff if has to be hammered on and off. Despite this the wheel is still dropping down in transit which appears to be making the problem worse and has pretty much written of the wheel itself in the process! It also fails us when pitching up as we think it's clamped when its not! Does anyone know if you could replace this yourself and if so how you 'get to' the wheel. After waiting nearly a month for a mobile repair chap to come and look at it he has let us down today and we keep thinking 'it can't be that hard can it?' We just can't work out how to get to it as the a frame has a full plastic cover on it that we can't work out how to remove!! Any tips or advice would be so welcome, we are away again next weekend and really wanted it sorting by then (which should have been the case if our booked repair man had turned up!)
lower the back support legs then get the front up as high as you can manage .unwind the jockey wheel till the inner bit unscrews from the top outer completely ,take it out ,next loosen off clamp screw on top section and withdraw top outer tube ,take to a caravan shop ,camp shop ,go outdoors etc and match up the sizes ,while your at it get a new handle .
re-assembly is the reverse order but apply plenty of grease
If you have trouble tightening and un-tightening, then it is the clamp itself. Not sure how yours is attached to the A frame but mine is bolted similar to THIS you need to remove jockey wheel as above and replace clamp and refit new jockey wheel assembly. Don't forget to get same diameter as old one, clamp and jockey ass
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Sorry I had this. The only way is to remove the clamp and jockey and fit a new one.the last one I got new was only £25.some clamp are welded on,some are bolted on.if you go to www.towsure.co.uk you can buy a new one the fits with U bolts.
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Thanks for all your help guys. I think a visit to towsure is the plan then as we are lucky to have one locally. I hope to be back on soon to report problem solved!
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Topic: Replacing jockey wheel and clamp
