[GMCnet] Rumspringa - OTR - Day 1 [message #218837] |
Sat, 17 August 2013 23:00 |
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USAussie
Messages: 15912 Registered: July 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia
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G'day,
We'll we finally pulled out of Humble today at 2:05 pm headed east. By 7:30 pm we were in Lafayette, LA. We stopped for lunch at a
great BBQ in Crosby then at Wal Mart to pickup a few items.
Unfortunately about 40 miles out of Lafayette I started to feel a vibration in coach. At first I thought it was the road surface but
it became apparent that it was not. I pulled over and gave everything a quick check and couldn't see anything wrong.
I shot all the bearing temps and found them all to be 100 degrees or less.
I suspect (read hope) it is a tire problem as the only thing I've done to the front end since last year is replace the tires. One is
the four year old NEW spare and the second is a brand new tire. I run Equal balancing powder and put 5 oz into each tire as per the
Equal specs.
First thing tomorrow morning the front end will get jacked up tires off the concrete pad we're on, jack stands placed under the
outer part of the lower control arms, the engine started, the transmission put it D, and we'll see if we can figger this one out.
If that doesn't show anything the front and middle axle tires will be swapped and a test ride performed.
Regards,
Rob M.
PS - OTR = On The Road
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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