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Re: [GMCnet] Road Wonder [message #113929 is a reply to message #110782] Wed, 05 January 2011 06:52 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
kincaid76royale is currently offline  kincaid76royale   United States
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Registered: February 2005
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Hi All:

The folks at Reinegger are really friendly and insist that they are so
knowledgeable about GMC that they will not listen to you or tell you what
they have done. I took our coach to to them in July 2010 to have a brand new
(Cinnabar) gear box installed and the wheels aligned to Lenzi spec's. They
said that the gear box was not needed, but some other parts were, and called
Cinnabar to arrange it's return. The coach was all-over-the-road after their
alignment and even worse after their re-alignment. They (Marty) said that
the 1/2" of play at the box was normal and that was what they allowed when
they rebuilt boxes themselves. Cost: $2,200. We then drove the coach to the
Oregon rally and it was the scariest drive of my life. (PS: another local
GMC'r had Reinegger "fix" his brakes and they did a bad job for $10,000)
Reinegger took my picture too and probably posted it as another happy
customer - not!

On the recommendation of another GMC'r we took our coach to East Bay Frame
in San Leandro, Ca. (510-569-4285)They knew GMC's and worked with us every
step of the way, including calling Dave Lenzi for the latest advice. The
steering is the best that it has ever been. They completely disassembled
the front end, removed the Cinnabar parts, installed the Lenzi parts,
reinstalled the offset bushings in the correct orientation, had the gear box
rebuilt and aligned coach to Lenzi spec's. Cost $1,400.

Jack Kincaid, Castro Valley, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: gene barrow
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:22 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Road Wonder



Emery,
Thanks for posting that information. I'm hoping to get my coach steering
under control without all the trial, error, and expense that you had.

I found a web site http://www.reineggerframeandwheel.com.
They are in San Jose and the home page shows a picture of a GMC and happy
owner/customer. So this must be the place that solved your problem.

Glad to finally find a Nor Cal alignment shop with GMC experience and a
positive review from a knowledgable GMC driver.
--
Gene Barrow
Lake Almanor, Ca.
1976 Palm Beach
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