Revision question · Vehicle condition

When should your lorry coupling system (fifth wheel) be checked and lubricated?

Revision material from the imported DVSA bank includes source-checked Lanekind learning corrections. These corrections are not newly issued official examination questions, and practice does not reproduce a live test paper.

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Only prior to an MOT test

Every 6 months

Yearly

Regularly

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Check, inspect and lubricate the actual coupling under its manufacturer’s schedule. Conventional, lined and automatic-lubrication fifth wheels differ. Do not apply one monthly or 10,000 km interval, or one greasing method, to every design.

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Maintain the particular fifth-wheel designReviewed guidance summary · The updated learning answers use the actual maintenance schedule, not a universal monthly or mileage interval.

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