Troubleshooting
The following notes are designed to help Mountain Buggy owners by answering some of the most commonly asked questions, and hopefully to avoid some of them happening in the first place.
If you have a problem which isn't covered here or our instructions aren't clear then call us - we are always happy to give advice. |
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Exploding Inner Tubes !
Problem One of the inner tubes has suddenly exploded, it's completely shredded
Solution This is caused by over inflation of the tyre. It may not explode immediately but the first sunny day, left in the boot of a hot car or next to a radiator.. and bang !
The commonest occasion for over inflation is when grand parents look after your child. Grandfathers like to be helpful...and those tyres do look a little soft. You would be amazed how often this happens.
The optimum tyre pressure is 10-15 psi, above 20psi and you run the risk of either exploding inner tubes or a distorted wheel. |
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Punctures
Problem I get punctures regularly
Solution Regular punctures can be caused by several things- Not removing the cause of the first puncture. Unfortunately this is remarkably common if you have a puncture repaired by a bicycle shop rather than doing it yourself.
Before removing the tyre mark onto it the position of the valve, remove and inflate the inner tube then immerse it in water - if the bubbles come out 100cm to the left of the valve then you know where on the tyre to look for the cause of the puncture The higher the tyre pressure the more suceptible to punctures, keep to the optimum tyre pressure or 10lbs. Maintaining high tyre pressures so that if you get a puncture it won't go flat before you get home is like driving fast to the next petrol station when you are low on fuel - it sort of makes sense, but doesn't work in practice ! - Local flora - walking in an area with an exceptionally high number of plants with thorns of a particularly vicious type
You may need to beef up your wheels with Enhanced Puncture Protection, or it could be just a single bush on one route that you sometimes take ! which you need to avoid
One customer (a farmer) has told us that EC regulations have changed, farmers used to cut hedgerows when the sap was rising and the thorns were relatively soft but now cut them later when the thorns are hard. For urban walkers punctures are more likely on the inside wheel only in the summer when gardeners take a Black & Decker to their front garden hedges
Yes it would be possible to fit the pushchairs with solid tyres which cannot get punctures but the ride quality is very poor |
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Veering
Problem The pushchair veers slightly in one direction and I am constantly having to adjust the steering.
Solution This is intensly annoying. It shows up worst on smooth flat surfaces rather than off road
The Mountain Buggy Terrain pushchairs have a wheel alignment system so that you can correct a veer.
Under the basket are two small struts attached to the rear axle and the chassis, by loosening or tightening the nuts on these struts the angle of the rear wheels is adjusted to correct the veer |
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- loosen all nuts numbers 1 to 4
- tighten the OUTSIDE nut 1 or 2 on the OPPOSITE side that the pushchair is veering towards
- test for straight running after each full turn of the nut
- tighten the other OUTSIDE nut 1 or 2 until it is just touching the frame
- tighten both inside nuts 3 and 4
Note. When testing for straight running do so on a smooth flat surface with a weight in the pushchair - an unloaded pushchair can go straight simply because you are pushing it straight |
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