Spare wheel / tyre

DippingIn replied on 10/01/2020 08:31

Posted on 10/01/2020 08:31

Hello All,

Just prepping our new for us caravan for summer and I've realised that I don't have a spare wheel.

I'm quite surprised after reading around the internet that they don't come as standard so I'm looking for advice.

The handbook states my Elddis Avante has a wheel rim of 5.5j x 14 with a tyre of 185 r14 102.  It's a 5 nut wheel.

I've looked around and found wheels at this size but they have measurements following them in mm (100, 110, 114) which puts me off buying as I'm not sure which one is correct.

As for tyres I'm more than content to source those, just need advice for size of wheel rim please? Any specialist suppliers known by anyone or should any 5.5jx14 fit the axle?

Many thanks,

JP

PS - I'm not a fan of these blow in gums and emergency repair kits, I'd rather have the wheel itself.

Mr H replied on 07/02/2020 16:28

Posted on 07/02/2020 16:28

A couple of points to add. If you have alloy wheels on the caravan and have a steel spare you may need different wheel nuts. It is criminal that those manufacturers who supply a spare wheel do not usually provide a jack. The advice is that any jack used should be under the axle and not the chassis, making it very difficult to get a jack in position let alone jack it up. It seems the chassis is not strong enough. The answer is to attach jacking brackets (Kojak or Alco to name but two) to the side of the chassis. Once attached they provide a safe fixing of a bottle or scissor jack. 

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