Torque Wrench

[Bernard11]

Bought a Silverline torque wrench to ensure my caravan wheels are correctly tightened.

But it does not display lbs.ft as per the recent item in Practical Caravan.

Only Newton Meter

or M kgs

There is a conversion example within the casing, however I thought it best to ask advice.

Caravan is a Coachman Amara 380/2

Thanks for any help.

Bernard

 

[Damian]

Bernard, torque figures for wheel nuts are :

Alloy Wheels, 115NM

Steel Wheels, 88NM

 

[Bernard11]

That's great, thanks very much for the prompt reply.

Bernard

 

[Suzanne_374427619]

Can anyone enlighten me? I have recently bought my first caravan. Everyone talks about checking the wheel nuts with a torque wrench. I asked for one at the place where I bought the caravan, but they didn't sell them. I have been to two very large caravan shops in Catterick on a recent holiday, with the caravan...in the absence of a torque wrench...but they didn't sell them either. I don't even know what one looks like. I have a Bailey Ranger 410/L and it gives the maximum torque in the manual, but I have no idea whether the wheels are alloy or steel. I have google the wrench, but so many come up with 1/2, 3/8 etc. The guy who sold me the caravan told me to buy one for 19mm...so help...pleeeeeese. I am only a girl afterall...can anyone provide the exact name, details, size, website where I can just buy one....then learn how to use it. Thanks for reading my essay. Suzanne. x

 

[colin(bridgend)]

Hi Suzanne - welcome to the world of caravanning. If you have the van serviced the service engineer would be able to tighten the wheel nuts to the correct torque and also tell you whether you have steel or alloy wheels. However should you wish to purchase a torque wrench Halfords or any good motor factor would sell them. Just tell them that you want a socket for wheel nuts and they will supply that as well. Be careful mind you as some torque wrenches are cheap to buy whilst others can cost well over a hundred pounds to buy.

 

[Suzanne_374427619]

Hi Suzanne - welcome to the world of caravanning. If you have the van serviced the service engineer would be able to tighten the wheel nuts to the correct torque and also tell you whether you have steel or alloy wheels. However should you wish to purchase a torque wrench Halfords or any good motor factor would sell them. Just tell them that you want a socket for wheel nuts and they will supply that as well. Be careful mind you as some torque wrenches are cheap to buy whilst others can cost well over a hundred pounds to buy.

Thanks Colin, appreciate the quick response. Realised I had added to someone else's question and didn't think I would be noticed...so then made a whole new topic just for me... ). Hope everyone forgives me....am soooo very new to all of this, but love my caravan, so will try and find a halfords in a nearby town.

Suzanne x