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Jewel59
Groupie Joined: 19 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Topic: Tire wrench! Posted: 12 Jun 2016 at 7:46pm |
I have a new Rpod. I don't seem to have a tire wrench or a jack. Did the dealer forget something?
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2016 at 7:58pm |
Neither of my pods came with them. We got a torque wrench ( 3/4 in socket) and a small floor jack in case we have flat.
If it is new, you should have gotten a free year of roadside assistance, from Forrest River. |
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2016 at 8:05pm |
No, a jack and wrench are not supplied. Just about every tow vehicle has them, so why carry the weight of another set? Many of us do though. And for what it's worth, you need to check the torque on the lug nuts pretty much every trip. There's a cheap torque wrench at Walmart that is good enough for the purpose. You still need a 4 to 6 inch extension and a socket. And another socket for the spare tire. It usually has a different sized lug nut, just to make life interesting. Torquing the lug nuts regularly is really a requirement, perhaps more so on a new pod.
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3257 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2016 at 8:32pm |
Just an FYI on those lug nuts. My 4-way wrench does not fit the smaller opening on the pod's wheels. To remedy that you will either have to grind down the proper end on your 4-way (the 3/4 inch socket) so it will fit inside the opening or get a deepwell, thinwall 3/4 socket to fit your 1/2" drive rachet. Mine is a 2011 so check the socket size on your unit. FR may have changed sizes of the lugs from 5 years ago.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2016 at 8:36pm |
I would also get a breaker bar with cheater to use with the extension + socket to break the bolts free w/o damaging the mechanism in the torque wrench. Useful if it is seized and you need to put some weight or hammer into it.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3257 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2016 at 8:42pm |
Good idea Doug. I had that problem on an older Jayco (93) that had a flat when it was over 10 years old. Needed a cheater bar to break all the lugs loose. Learned my lesson after that one. Now I break the lugs and re-tighten once/year so that doesn't become an issue again.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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Jewel59
Groupie Joined: 19 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2016 at 8:53pm |
Oh Lordy, glad I asked. I have a 500 mile drive coming up this this Thursday. I do have a year of roadside but checking the toque of the wheel lug nuts is an immediate concern.
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sailor323
Senior Member Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Location: S Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2016 at 8:08am |
techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2016 at 11:36am |
Some people swear by using a lubricant on the lug threads. My local mechanic does it. I don't, I disagree with using it except in extreme cases, partly because it is hard not to get it on the angled mating surface between the bolt and wheel. Even with a careful wipe-off of those surfaces I feel like I'm over torquing. I have it on now because my mechanic added it when he put new tires on, it will be interesting to see how the nuts retain their torque on our upcoming long trip.
Jewel - check every 50 miles for the first 200, then before every trip. Eventually you'll find they have seated themselves and don't move when you check them and then you can check less frequently.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Jewel59
Groupie Joined: 19 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2016 at 3:10pm |
Sounds good, I've ordered a torque wrench and an appropriate wrench for the lug nuts.
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