| Blowout!! F@#$!!! [message #107763] |
Tue, 07 December 2010 01:45  |
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Well I finally had a blowout! Was moving the rig tonight for street cleaning and decided to go for a little spin. Well I shoulda picked up on this when I felt a strange vibration, but given the general dilapidated condition of Southern California Roads I just assumed it to be that and then it happened! Boom! And I feel the rear of the rig waffel and sway. The furthest rear tire let go with a blast sending shrapnel all over the road, tearing out a small piece of the rear fender underside and propane hatch, as well as cracking the propane hatch in 2 places. The Barrage of profane speech which poured from my mouth upon seeing this would probably make any sailor take notes. 2 f'in days more and I was to have all new tires around but the damn thing couldn't hold together for 2 more days!
Fortunately nothing else was damaged, the propane lines, wheel well, and brake line, as well as airbag were unaffected, thank god! So now I need to find a fiberglass guy in the so cal area who can patch and fix the cracks in the hatch unless its just better to replace the hatch all together. Heh sometimes I really think my life is just a tad too interesting. At least it was close to home, and thankfully I have traded in the stock jack for a 3,5 ton shop jack which makes short work of lifting the rear of the coach. The barely there spare took about 15 minutes to install, so hopefully that POS will hold for 48 hours till my lugnuts arrive...
73 Canyon Lands, (a.k.a. The Yellow Submarine) West Los Angeles CA
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