Wheel size of a swift Challenger 560. Looking at buying a Alko wheel lock but need to know, the wheel size please thank you.
It’s dependent on the alloy wheel design as well as the diameter. If you look on Alko website you will see various caravan makers wheel designs and against them are the details of the relevant lozenge that fits. Alternatively contact Swift Technical.Wheel size of a swift Challenger 560. Looking at buying a Alko wheel lock but need to know, the wheel size please thank you.
Apparently with some insurance companies no discount if it is not an ALKO lock. My wife fits and removes ours so cannot underestand why people think they are so difficult to fit?Hi Jonah, if I were you, I would also look at Nemesis wheel locks - nemesis as these are much easier to fit and are transferrable between vehicles, if you swap your van in a few years, you may need to buy new inserts for the Alko as unlikely to fit. Insurance approved too.
Wheel size of a swift Challenger 560. Looking at buying a Alko wheel lock but need to know, the wheel size please thank you.
Is the ALKO standard and part of the package or an extra option? I am assuming that your new caravan is a single axle?Its not that they are difficult to fit per se, its the issue of having got your van level, then finding the lock doesnt line up. The other issue, the one I suffer from is manoeuvering room. it takes a surprising amount of wheel rotation to move from one segment to the next, and if you are on a slope too, jacking is a problem as you cannot use the handbrake or the jacked wheel wont rotate. Welcome to my world.
I use the Nemesis on my current caravan, but that blocks the CAMC Insurance discount, but when the new caravan arrives, I will have to try to find a way to make the AlKo work.
The wheel size is irrelevant, as previously mentioned, you have to match the insert to the shape of your alloys. Each insert on the Alko website has a number. Its that number you need to find. You can also find it, but more painstakingly by using the name of the alloy fitted.
I found the insurance requirements a bit to onerous to be worth the 10% saving. So I used mine when on the drive or in store. When on sites I used a wheel lock that was easier to fit. If I was doing it now my touring one would be Nemesis or Wraith. Like you moving on the drive to align wasn’t easy.Its not that they are difficult to fit per se, its the issue of having got your van level, then finding the lock doesnt line up. The other issue, the one I suffer from is manoeuvering room. it takes a surprising amount of wheel rotation to move from one segment to the next, and if you are on a slope too, jacking is a problem as you cannot use the handbrake or the jacked wheel wont rotate. Welcome to my world.
I use the Nemesis on my current caravan, but that blocks the CAMC Insurance discount, but when the new caravan arrives, I will have to try to find a way to make the AlKo work.
The wheel size is irrelevant, as previously mentioned, you have to match the insert to the shape of your alloys. Each insert on the Alko website has a number. Its that number you need to find. You can also find it, but more painstakingly by using the name of the alloy fitted.
Wheel size of a swift Challenger 560. Looking at buying a Alko wheel lock but need to know, the wheel size please thank you.
Is the ALKO standard and part of the package or an extra option? I am assuming that your new caravan is a single axle?
Glad you have got it sorted. What does the label next to your door say, or the Owners Manual revtyre sizes ? Anyway welcome to the world of caravans.Before i collected it, i was told my new caravan had 14" wheels and therefore needed insert number 44. On closer inspection of the pictures, i could just make out that the tyres were 15"
Dealer insisted they were 14" wheels but i persuaded them to check anyway - and it did indeed have 15" wheels and therefore required insert 43
AL-KO website said it should have 14" wheels as well - so just as well i checked before i bought one!
It is not the size of the tyres that matters, it is the alloy rim that is the issue as they all have different configurations.Before i collected it, i was told my new caravan had 14" wheels and therefore needed insert number 44. On closer inspection of the pictures, i could just make out that the tyres were 15"
Dealer insisted they were 14" wheels but i persuaded them to check anyway - and it did indeed have 15" wheels and therefore required insert 43
AL-KO website said it should have 14" wheels as well - so just as well i checked before i bought one!
Glad you have got it sorted. What does the label next to your door say, or the Owners Manual revtyre sizes ? Anyway welcome to the world of caravans.
Thanks. 🌝Hi Jonah, if I were you, I would also look at Nemesis wheel locks - nemesis as these are much easier to fit and are transferrable between vehicles, if you swap your van in a few years, you may need to buy new inserts for the Alko as unlikely to fit. Insurance approved too.
Surley you would pass the Alko lock over with the caravan. The losenge is of no use to you. It goes with the caravan.Hi Jonah, if I were you, I would also look at Nemesis wheel locks - nemesis as these are much easier to fit and are transferrable between vehicles, if you swap your van in a few years, you may need to buy new inserts for the Alko as unlikely to fit. Insurance approved too.
Surley you would pass the Alko lock over with the caravan. The losenge is of no use to you. It goes with the caravan.