Maintenance And Cleaning - AL-KO CARAVAN CHASSIS Handbook

AXLE TYPES

MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING

Maintenance of Euro-Plus/Euro- Compact and Euro-Delta.
The above semi-trailing axles come fitted with maintenance
free wheel bearings (greased and sealed for life) and no
adjustment is necessary.
NOTE
The hub bearing is not protected against water ingress.
Check wheel brake linings for wear every 10,000 kilometres
or every 12 months via the inspection hole (Fig 6/Item 1).
Adjust if necessary. Where continuous travel in hilly regions
or high mileage is experienced, earlier inspection and
adjustment may be necessary.
Fig 6 Checking wheel brake linings for wear via inspection holes
NOTE
The flanged hub-nut, located under the dust cap, used to keep
the brake drum in situ, is a ONE-SHOT NUT (ie. must only be
used once). If removed it must be replaced with a NEW flanged
nut - torqued to 290 ± 10 Nm (214 ± 7.5 lbs/ft). A small amount
of special mineral grease, available from AL-KO must be applied
to stub axle thread prior to fitting the new flanged nut. After fitting
excess grease must be removed with white spirit.
The rear hexagon cap head bolt MUST NOT BE DISTURBED
under any circumstances. Interference with this nut will result in
immediate tyre wear and damage to the braking system and WILL
INVALIDATE ALL WARRANTIES. Should the rear nut accidentally
be disturbed then the complete axle must be returned to AL-KO for
resetting of the toe-in and camber.
1 No attempt should be made to remove the bearing. In the event
of damage to the bearing or drum, only the drum complete with
bearing and circlip will be available as a spare. No grease is used
in the hub other than the mineral grease on the stub axle. No
grease should be placed in the DUST cap. This is not a grease cap
as used in all previous hubs
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