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Originally Posted by lagman
I picked up my new 26BH from the dealer yesterday. It towed fine on the way home except one thing that has me concerned.. When taking corners I noticed in the mirrors that the back wheel on the tandem axle seemed to wobble/move side to side a bit in relation to the front wheel.. Is this normal? The dealership claimed they torqued the nuts and I can tell by the scuffs that they did. I've never owned a tandem axle TT before so I just wanted to get some opinions.
Thanks,
Dan
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Before moving the unit and potentially doing further damage, if you have a jack capable of lifting the unit do so and see if you can move the entire rim and tire at all. In and out top or bottom. Perhaps as mentioned by RE the bearing nuts are not tightened to specs or a cotter pin is missing allowing it to walk out.
If you don't have a jack a graduated stack of blocking wood under one tire will work to get one tire suspended enough to free it from the ground.
Sometimes on corners your rims will be inside the sidewall or outside depending on the axle location due to the turn pressures. I've had tires slide sideways on a real tight backing turn which I try to avoid at all costs due to the strains, but sometimes you need to do it.