New Tires
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11-16-2006, 14:58
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New Tires
Gardner:
That is correct! I carefully inspect my coach in all areas on a cycle basis. I knew the rear tires were old (DOT codes) and below I will give the age and what I found so others can evaluate their position. Some things I noticed I do not understand. On the last two trips approx 2000 miles I lost a few deco lug nut covers. I wondered why? I found out when the technician removed the wheels. 4 of the lug nuts on the duals on each side were hand tight. Understand that I have put 20,000 miles on this coach with very few problems. I never considered checking the lug nuts, in fact I do not have the tools to do the job. Perhaps someone on this forum can shed light about keeping your lug nuts tight. Do I need an 11/2" socket and a five foot bar or what? How did those lugs get loose? As for the tires. The tag and outside dual tires were Michelen 12R 22.5 ZX 9years old with minor visual checking. Most of the noticable checking was evident on the radius around the cap. Since I could not readily inspect the sidewalls of the interior duals I had not idea as to their quality. The inside tires on the duals were 6 years old. The sidewalls of the inside tires were absolute trash, ready to go boom. Anyone have any idea on that? Three years younger than the outside tires and no sun? Can't blame the ozone layer or UV for that deal. That tack feels better now. After all, the family rides in the bus. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Gardner Yeaw To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:15 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: New Tires Leroy, From your post I get the impression the cracking was not apparent with a visual inspection with the tires on the coach. Is that correct? Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "jwasnewski" > > Well, installing six new tires on the back of a WB-40 is akin to > sitting on a tack---very painful---but it did not happen one day to > soon! I've read the posts and they were correct. I could not believe > the extent of sidewall cracking when the tires were being removed from > the rims. > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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