Operation Manual

Wheels and tyres
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177Caravan - 12-11 - EN
Preparing the connected
caravan:
 Loosen the stabilising device in caravan couplings with stabilising devices. Oth-
erwise the friction pads will be highly loaded.
 Pull the handbrake of the towing vehicle and go to first gear or reverse gear.
Preparing the disconnected
caravan:
 Park the vehicle on as even and stable a surface as possible.
 Apply the handbrake.
 Place the support wheel diagonal to the direction of travel and secure with suit-
able tools (Fig. 186).
Changing the wheel:
 Place chocks or other appropriate objects beneath the opposite wheel of the
vehicle to secure it (Fig. 187).
 Remove the spare wheel from the spare wheel support.
 If the ground is soft, place a stable support such as a wooden board beneath the
vehicle jack.
 Commercial vehicle jack:
Position the commercial scissors-type jack (Fig. 188) or hydraulic vehicle jack on
the frame or on the axle.
 AL-KO vehicle jack:
Always push in the insert profile (Fig. 189,2) of the AL-KO vehicle jack into the
receiving pocket (Fig. 189,1) until it stops.
 AL-KO vehicle jack:
Hold the AL-KO vehicle jack with one and and with the other hand turn the
hand crank (Fig. 189,4) clockwise until the base (Fig. 189,3) has ground contact
and is level.
 Turn the wheel bolts several times to loosen them, but do not remove them!
 Lift the vehicle until the wheel has been lifted 2 to 3 cm above the ground.
 Remove the wheel bolts and take off the wheel.
 Place the spare wheel on the wheel hub and adjust.
Fig. 186 Securing support wheel Fig. 187 Securing vehicle
Fig. 188 Commercial vehicle jack Fig. 189 AL-KO vehicle jack