p_a_lazar
06-17-2005, 01:32
Thanks to Randy's suggestion, I made an appointment with Josam in
Orlando, Fl to have a complete alignment (3 axle) and re-balance again.
Although a bit pricey, I spent 2 days with the specialists there and
not only did they do an extremely thorough alignment, set the ride
height and complete suspension/steering checkout. They have a "shaker"
in the floor that you drive over axle by axle and it twists and move
the suspension while the brakes ar4e applied and a specialist watches
from the pit for any extreme or incorrect movement or wear. Impressive.
After that was done, had the front and tag tires trued and balanced on
the coach. Went for test drive still had a bit of vibration, so had
the drive tires trued and balanced (had to remove them from the axles
and do on the machine).
Just got back last evening from the 1100 mile return, smooth as a
baby's ass ride, and say BRAVO!
These folks still take pride in their work, have a clean shop and
allow you to pester them and watch their work.
Although the guy doing the truing and balance is more of a curmedgeon
than I am, and we had to go toe to toe on a few issues, he REALLY
knows his stuff and takes extreme pride in getting it right.
SO now I have the suspension mods in place (last year), the suspension
working as it is supposed to do and have my GT coach almost where I
want it...next year I think I will see what 600 HP feels like under
the hood....Wanna enjoy having my 52,000 lb (yeah, had it weighed on
each axle corner too) GT sports car riding BB...Giddy Up!
Paul
97wb43
Orlando, Fl to have a complete alignment (3 axle) and re-balance again.
Although a bit pricey, I spent 2 days with the specialists there and
not only did they do an extremely thorough alignment, set the ride
height and complete suspension/steering checkout. They have a "shaker"
in the floor that you drive over axle by axle and it twists and move
the suspension while the brakes ar4e applied and a specialist watches
from the pit for any extreme or incorrect movement or wear. Impressive.
After that was done, had the front and tag tires trued and balanced on
the coach. Went for test drive still had a bit of vibration, so had
the drive tires trued and balanced (had to remove them from the axles
and do on the machine).
Just got back last evening from the 1100 mile return, smooth as a
baby's ass ride, and say BRAVO!
These folks still take pride in their work, have a clean shop and
allow you to pester them and watch their work.
Although the guy doing the truing and balance is more of a curmedgeon
than I am, and we had to go toe to toe on a few issues, he REALLY
knows his stuff and takes extreme pride in getting it right.
SO now I have the suspension mods in place (last year), the suspension
working as it is supposed to do and have my GT coach almost where I
want it...next year I think I will see what 600 HP feels like under
the hood....Wanna enjoy having my 52,000 lb (yeah, had it weighed on
each axle corner too) GT sports car riding BB...Giddy Up!
Paul
97wb43