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Fri, 25 May 2012 21:39  |
sgltrac
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Well I took the Pig out for a test drive on Wednesday to kind of shake the monster and see what falls out as well as stop by and visit my friends and neighbors at Davis Door whom I mooch much of my needed aluminum bits for the continuing project. Davis Door is not like a residential garage or entry door company as they build custom commercial doors for shopping malls/ Boeing etc. My current favor for Davis Door is to fabricate a new box for the propane tank. Jeff and Mike were quite surprised when they came outside and took it all in. As usual, the shop foreman (Mike) came up with a really good idea for the tank enclosure which will seal the tank off from the inside of the coach while still allowing the heavily modified, originally driver side bunk to hover over the propane tank on the passenger side. His plan will still allow the bench portion of the bunk to hinge open providing storage around the tank enclosure. I hope to have the box by early next week as the maiden voyage is scheduled for next Friday when my son and I with one of his friends head Southeast to Packwood Washington for a two day motorcycle race.
I completed the 10 block drive without mirrors,seatbelts,bumpers,and the rear body panel including back glass but I have seen worse cruising down Rainier ave. The trip was without incident and I even got the Howell injected Pig to smoke the tires out front of Davis Door. Pretty cool actually. The new exhaust with single spintech muffler sounds good even with no carpet/interior/completely open rear body.
Tuesday my friend from Tru-Line frame came down to finish the alignment by setting the rear(we had set the front last week). When we checked toe we realized what I had been fearing a bit for awhile after reassembly of the rear suspension. I had noticed what appeared to be a visual toe variation between the right front rear and the right rear and indeed there was an issue. The rearmost wheels had 5/8" of toe out. This explained the funky wear on the tires I noticed after buying the coach. Correction was not a big deal however as a porto-power in conjunction with a floor jack pushed the offending bogie back straight with an unexpected bonus of improving camber on that wheel. Now all six are ready to hit the highway.
The timeclock is ticking on my deadline for next weekend. My offroad bike is ready but my supermoto bike is still uncompleted and my sons off road bike needs maint(offroad race Saturday, Supermoto on Sunday). Hoping to drive the Pig back and forth to work next week to gain a little confidence in it. The new Sullybilt rear suspension really makes the coach look tough. Much tougher than the hot dogged skinny originals. The bags are one of the few systems which are on the checked off with emphasis list.
Wish me luck with the rest
Sully
77 Royale basket case.
Future motorhome land speed record holder(bucket list)
Seattle, Wa.
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