My last 2015 Eriba came with alloy wheels, however the spare is a steel wheel. The van came with an extra set of wheel nuts in the event if the spare was going to be used, the shanks on them are different for Alloys and steel wheels. It's the same rule for cars as well. My spare bolts were in the manual folder, have a look you may have not noticed..

Hi Colin and Poptop

I will have a look for the bolts and if I can't locate any I will contact AL in Poole

Thanks for your help

MikeT

Thanks Pepe

I have started a search of the Troll and will then look in the shed where I keep some caravan stuff.

MikeT

Hi again

After a long search I found some bolts in a plastic freezer bag in the shed, with some instructions in German. When I opened Pepe's link they were identical. Talk about feeling a numpty..I am still trying to work out how they got there from the Troll

I do have some memory problems and totally forgot what Cameron at AL told me about them when we collected the van. It then went from my mind that the spare was steel when the others were alloys.

It is a good job that I read this thread or else I could have ended up with a puncture and the AA would have been unable to fit the spare, with all the ramifications of that.

Bizarrely an hour after I found these bolts I got a puncture in the rear wheel of our Karoq & had to call out the AA. Strangely a bolt has gone through the tyre and ruined it - £150 down the swanny to replace it. Bolts revenge for my carelessness.

Thanks for the help.
MikeT

Monsieur Le Pew,
Many thanks for that link.
I did enquire from two large Eriba dealers as to the price and availability for said set of bolts but as yet I have not received a reply from either.
Off with me now to Taunton Trailers website to purchase a set. I wonder how many folk do not have these bolts for the steel rim spare ? Its thanks to this Forum that I now know of the requirement for them and to a stockist.
Regards,
Chris

We ave just had a spare wheel(steel) fitted at Adventure Leasure Tebay and after pressing the point about different bolts for steel and alloy the engineer and the service manager were adamant that the bolts can be used on steel or alloy. Our van is a 2018 model so maybe for older models this would not be the case.

Just had to pop out to my 2007 Triton in the back garden to check my spares kit. I do have the anti theft socket and 4 screws in a plastic bag. Presumably the screws are for the steel spare.

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Just had to pop out to my 2007 Triton in the back garden to check my spares kit. I do have the anti theft socket and 4 screws in a plastic bag. Presumably the screws are for the steel spare.

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Thanks Steve & Debbie.
Just checked and mine are conical seat with 24mm thread.
I also have two antitheft keys!

Bought our 540GT new in 2019. It cam with a spare set of bolts specifically for the steel spare wheel.

My 2005 Triton 430GT is on the original alloys with a steel spare and it came (to me at least) with an extra set of steel wheel bolts in a jiffy bag.