10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Lap Of Australia

[@BradGryphonn]

4:20 I comment as I watch, so you may mention this. Wheel nuts should be tightened to spec using a torque wrench (ideally). As you said, if you get work done on your bearings, and brakes, or get a tyre change at a workshop, always back your wheel nuts off when you get your vehicle or van back, and use a torque wrench to tighten them. Your vehicle and trailer/van are an investment and a decent torque wrench can be found for under a hundred bucks, far less than the cost of repairs after your wheel studs shear off.

[@stewartdenham4121]

Nice to meet you today Paul, hope you enjoy your time in America, if you have any questions about National Parks just give me a holler.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Yes it was nice to meet you also Stewart, (the local friendly Ranger)

[@RustyCandyAdventures]

You can get good power meters. Agm set to 50%. 200 aph set to 100. Lithium 80%. You can set voltage and watts left alarms. Read read. Also water flow meter. It tells you how much litres you got left. Mine alarm set to 30 litres before empty.

[@SharonSmithAus]

Hubby a retired diesel mechanic after we bought our 2nd hand van he did the hubs, brakes etc. My hubby rattles whell nuts on and then he finishes the tightening by hand

[@fyiaustralia9686]

All excellent tips thanks Paul. I've ticked off on a few of these before I started travelling - spare wheel bearings, water bottle, solar blanket.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Glad it helped

[@montyspearo]

We belong to AA which is NZ breakdown service. Had some issues with car brakes. Local small town garage said couldn't look at it for few days, so we rung AA. Garage called us back as they were local AA agent, problem sorted in half hour. Being AA members we were suddenly at front of queue.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Glad it worked out well for you. Generally, being a member of breakdown services is an advantage

[@RustyCandyAdventures]

Hi Paul, another great video. Going overland has a great video on solar. Also seen a young injured soldier. A plastic put-together frame with semi flexible solar panels. Tent pegs. On the roof, lots of low watt panels but more off because of shade. Parallel connection. Cable, as large as you can. They call water test. Driving rain. Driving into rain. Locks are great leak points.

[@BradGryphonn]

26:20 I'm at the final stages of getting my mobile workshop/home finished off. I originally had a 3000amp genset and a small 120 amp stick welder. However, I upgraded my welder to a 3-in-1 5.5kva welder, so had to buy a 6.5kva generator to run it...maybe overkill but the welder is a good all-rounder, and the genset will run a house LOL.

[@RustyCandyAdventures]

Everybody should be able to change wheel bearings. Tap out, tap in. The most important thing is the tightness. Lots of videos on how to do.

[@johnmathisen1167]

I have worked out that on our newer caravan that I will have to pull out the wheel bearings because the manufacturer and the chassis maker refuse to return phone calls obviously once they sell something they don’t want to know. Keep up the great work you bearded warbler.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

I trust my warbling isn't too much? 🤔

[@slowboat6021]

i may be in minority, but I can garantee you the wheel studs broke because they were to loose. an overtightened bolt if it breaks will break when being tightened. trailer hubs don't have a centric aligner ie the bolts align the wheel. it works like this, if a bolt is done up to say 3 T of tension and the load applied is 2 T the bolt only sees the 3 T tension. if the bolt is done up to 1 T of tension and the load is 2 T the bolt sees 2T-1T-2T-1T-2T-1T-2T-1T-2T-1T at every rotation, soon it will snap due to fatigue like a piece of wire being bent back and forth. always use a torque wrench.

[@senorsalami]

Hi Paul great information indeed. If I knew how much trouble my Hyundai would be and the fact it's never left the driveway even with all the upgrades. I would have bought a SAAB

[@montyspearo]

No real experience with RV bearings but done 30yrs and 40,000kms towing boats using Bearing Buddies, never had to replace a bearing. If you RV will take Bearing Buddies definitely worth looking into.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Yes, I too had bearing buddies with my previous boats and they served me well. Perhaps I will look into that, thanks

[@TroyClarke-d2j]

Thank you 👍for your great help knowledge information is great

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@roberthocking9138]

Great video Paul, the only re as on I have stuck to lead acid batteries Albeit a marine deep cycle, is the risk of a lithium battery fire, which are horrendous apparently. I can vouch for the fuel doctor Paul, I run my Ranger on it every fill and NEVER, fill up if you see the fuel tanker filling the servo .

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Cheers Robert 🍺

[@truckinadventures-j2e]

Paul Paul Paul wheel bearings is basic maintenance, it's a must check everytime, after watching your vid the F-10 is a must travelling or storing ya vehicle everytime, luv ya vids l've learnt alot from your tips thanks

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Good to know!

[@debsydenham2215]

Thanks Paul for a great vid. The info on the fuel was very interesting and something well worth a try. Anything to save thousands on a blown motor. Happy Travels :)

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Cheers Deb

[@glenwilkie1331]

There is a honda generator now that runs on LPG.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Interesting

[@robertcorlet512]

Thank you, Paul.👍

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

My pleasure!

[@philliphall5424]

Once again,good solid practical advice Paul, thank you.We will be starting our “lap” later this year and we’ll take all of this valuable information on board.The points you raised will help us greatly in our preparation.Thank you again and travel safely.👍

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Best of luck!

[@frankhurley6593]

G-day Paul, another well informed vid, thanks. Stay safe out there, mate.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Thanks, will do!

[@Pink_Sky_By_Night_Adventures]

Great video, lots of good info, will share it with my family 😊👍

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@kathleenwhite6603]

Great tip’s thanks for sharing.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

Thanks for watching!

[@confuzsays7196]

Thank you

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

You're welcome

[@colindickeson5740]

Why do you prefer to use a garden hose for water

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

For my water pump, I was told, at the time, the striped hose was in fact a food grade hose. Nowadays, I use it so infrequently, I'm not fussed one way or the other.

[@grahameroberts8109]

Any hose that carries drinking water to a drum, tank etc., should be a food grade hose. (Usually blue). Using this, you won’t get the ‘plastic’ taste.

[@PaulWheelDriveAustralia]

True

[@lowrider075]

Most new aircons are soft start, so no real power spikes. I always use a rattle gun, as do most tyre places. Rattle guns can be set (or purchased) at a set tension, once rattled on, then use a torque wrench to tighten.