Cara-park wheel removal problems .

[bigkel]

Looking at buying this Cara-park ( says Caravan park ltd on plate . ) and cannot get the wheels off to fit new tyres , ? Axle does not drop down enough to allow wheels to come out past body ,,, any one know any tricks with this apart from undoing a couple of shackles and dropping the axle way down , and lifting the van very high .
Also anyone know what the wheels are off please,, middle hole is 4 & a half inch ,, stud to stud 3 & 3 quarter inch . and stud to the second stud centers is about 6 and 3 sixteenth inch ..











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[raym]

Hi bigkel The springs have most likely rusted and the leaves are stuck together they may free up after a few ks or they could be sagged .Try letting the air out of the tyres this may give you enough room to get the wheel out or try a small jack between the spring and the chassis put a block of wood along chassis so as not to damage it and do not use to much pressure ray

[raym]

forgot to add wheels look like they are 16 inch from a vehicle with four letter f word name ray

[bigkel]

Thanks for that ,, the wheels are 16 inch , letting down the tyre will not help at this stage as the wheel rim will not make it past the brake drum ,, van has been towed recently and springs are not locked up . , jacking the springs down sounds like a good idea ,, thanks

kel.

[mandkscarapark]

our toaster 16-2 has 16" 6 stud chev wheels, if i jack up the chassis, not the axle, pull the bottom of the wheel out first the can be removed ok.

[mandkscarapark]

it's me again, what's the story on towing dolly ?? in the top picture ? Looks like your brakes are vacuum boosted, huh ?
p.s. I really like caraparks.

[bigkel]

Brakes are both vacume and hydraulic ? have not worked out how or why yet , ,, i did jack up van by chassis , no go , .. this van was towed by a small car in the 60,s ,it must have not been able to take the weight on the tow bar , so they used a tow dolly .

cheers kel.