The coach information sticker was removed when the inside of the glove box door was painted. It used to be left of the latch. Dave Lenzi rebuilds front hubs, he's in Davison MI (Detroit area). If you don't want to get into removal/replacement of the front bearings, take or ship him the entire hub assembly. It will come back in better than new condition. As to front axle removal, it isn't hard but it is exacting to get the ends out of the hubs. With the control arms at just the correct height and the wheels turned just right, and the inner flange tucked up just right, the stub clears by maybe a quarter inch - but it clears. I fought my left front for a day and then coerced George Zhookoff to come help. I offered him a pair of gloves and he said he wouldn't need them, got in the coach and turned the steering wheel and 'now try it'. Fit right in. The right front is way easier, there's more room. Before you start on the front or the lower engine and stuff do yourself a favor. Remove the inner wheel liners and set them aside for greatly improved access. If you don't already have a Fox and Hound, buy one. It saves a lot of grubbing behind panels and under the dash. mine was under $20 on eBay.

Shelties? Lovely little guys. We're down to one Kuvasz (bred them in the past) and one Border Collie. Two is about the limit in a GMC unless they're lapdogs. I showed Kuvasz out of my 23' for some years. Rear bath Norris with a tub big enough to bathe them.

Welcome to the group, and when you do the Southeast, stop off.

--johnny

Burl. this is Dave King in Toronto. I have what I believe are the unique pieces of the GMCMH front wheel bearing puller.
If you decide to send your hubs to Dave Lenzi to have him do the bearing you won't need to "borrow" the tool from me and you can
have him do the wheel studs while it is apart. As many have suggested on here adding "zerks" to grease the bearing seems like a
GREAT move as every time you take the bearing apart it reduces the interference fit. The knuckles worked fine on the cars they
were designed for but are really at their limit on the motorhome. Post on here if you want to borrow the puller but I would
suggest you talk to DAVE LENZI. Enjoy your new to you coach.

DAVE KING

Burl,

Located about 60 kms east of you is a GMC owner who has a bearing puller based on Tom Warner's system and a front knuckle guide for drilling to fit grease fittings, if you want to borrow them after talking to Dave Lenzi let me know.

Also we have a GMC club as others have mentioned with members mainly in southern Ontario and northern New York that you should consider joining.

Burl, I think the difference in price is as I got it the Tom Warner tool needs some OTC (tool company)
additional parts to function. Sounds like there may be a tool closer to you.

Funny about CASC. I'm the Regional Chief Scrutineer for CASC.
One of my Scrutineers lives in Kingston. He races a red MGB in Vintage.

Fox and Hound, also called a Hare and Hound. Noise injector and a hand held amplifier. Used to trace unaccessable wires like many in your coach.



If that url strikes you as a bit long, just search eBay for 'wire tracer'.

--johnny

Oh, ok. I have one, just never heard it called that. Must be a US/Canadian thing.
Tell me, do you use "wire-nuts" or "Marrettes"?

blur911 wrote on Tue, 02 March 2021 18:07

Oh, ok. I have one, just never heard it called that. Must be a US/Canadian thing.
Tell me, do you use "wire-nuts" or "Marrettes"?

Burl,

Marrettes is a trade name that never got any penetration into the US market. The only reason I know about it is because where I lived in Maine for a time, half of our hardware came over from New Brunswick.

Matt

Matt Colie wrote on Tue, 02 March 2021 17:39

blur911 wrote on Tue, 02 March 2021 18:07

Oh, ok. I have one, just never heard it called that. Must be a US/Canadian thing.
Tell me, do you use "wire-nuts" or "Marrettes"?

Burl,

Marrettes is a trade name that never got any penetration into the US market. The only reason I know about it is because where I lived in Maine for a time, half of our hardware came over from New Brunswick.

Matt

That's what I mean. The first time an American engineer asked me for a wire-nut, he couldn't believe I'd never heard of them.
Of course, he had never heard of Marrettes, which is what everyone calls them here.
I think Fox & Hound are trademark names owned by Triplett, which makes electrical test equipment. I guess same idea as a hi-pot insulation tester being called a "Megger".