There has been a fair bit of discussion on Caravan Talk,Bailey Owners Club and probably other forums regarding "collapsed" axles on Mk 3 Unicorns and I think others from the Bailey range.
I am not going to go into great detail as it tends to become a bit technical and I am no expert on the matter,I put up this post so as to make owners aware and anyone who wants to take it further can do so at their leisure.
The top and bottom of it appears to be that the axle appears to settle too much on the rubber supporting bushes so that the top of the tyre rubs against the top of the wheelbox when the van is loaded thereby creating a hole for water and damp.
At first Bailey appeared to blame it on overloading but both they and Al-Ko appear to have come round to the view that there is a problem and have started replacing affected axles.
The clearance from the top of the tyre and the wheelbox should be 25mm,here is a guide to measurement :-
As I say people have been going into it much deeper than this but this is the nub of it.
I have measured our clearance and it seems to be OK,from what has been said there was a bad batch of axles,hopefully ours,and yours,isn't one of them.
Ian
I am not going to go into great detail as it tends to become a bit technical and I am no expert on the matter,I put up this post so as to make owners aware and anyone who wants to take it further can do so at their leisure.
The top and bottom of it appears to be that the axle appears to settle too much on the rubber supporting bushes so that the top of the tyre rubs against the top of the wheelbox when the van is loaded thereby creating a hole for water and damp.
At first Bailey appeared to blame it on overloading but both they and Al-Ko appear to have come round to the view that there is a problem and have started replacing affected axles.
The clearance from the top of the tyre and the wheelbox should be 25mm,here is a guide to measurement :-
As I say people have been going into it much deeper than this but this is the nub of it.
I have measured our clearance and it seems to be OK,from what has been said there was a bad batch of axles,hopefully ours,and yours,isn't one of them.
Ian
Mine collapsed last year, one of the first, and had it replaced on warranty.Its not the kind of thing most people would notice and since have seen 4 others. Its not a massive job, they do it in 4 hours but takes a while to get the axle and warranty approval. Still like the van .
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