[Corey]

He didn’t pre lube the bearing and the heat from the brakes added to the problem it is hard to over tighten a tapered bearing if lubed right one always pre loads the bearings in the transmissions and the rear gears they have O clearence .He should have filled the hubs with oil or packed the bearings with grease and sounds like he did not would be my guess.The excess heat probably cost you a rear drum also

good luck

[Corey]

That is really the only issue with out dryer too. It isn’t too bad, and we don’t use it that much, but I have found that it is slower than we would like sometimes.

Jon: I may well have 220 available from the generator, but only have single breakers for everything. I should look at the sticker on the generator to see what, if anything, it says about voltages.

[Corey]

I changed all 8 shocks around 155k ($800 installed at Les Schwab). Made a big difference on secondary curvy roads taken at speed. Much less hobby-horsing- sometimes felt like I was on a boat before. Bus tracks much better now. Highway ride remained the same. I was hoping new shocks would prevent the wheels from thumping into pot holes. Not so.

[Corey]

Bonz,

I
have an old Ingersoll 3/4 driven with 1/2″ hose and it will put
them on tight big time. Jeff has one just about like it and they’ll
do the job, but 1″ is better with lots of air and a torque
stick.

My
question is why do you want to even full with this stuff? I do some
at home by necessity, but this is brutal work and better done at a
truck tire place or by a service truck.

Besides,
you break your hand messing with this heavy stuff and Nat will be
some pissed when you can’t do the cooking!:)

[Corey]

Karl, If you’re having your tires installed at a truck tire place, their impacts are set for the proper torque spec.you should have them re-checked 100-300 miles later. You cannot do this stuff with 1/2 or even 3/4 stuff, it takes 1″ drive tools.

[Corey]

I also just bought the new envy from HP…nice machine and it is wireless on your network.

[Corey]

Hey George…sorry to hear it wasn’t a quick out and in with the washer / dryer. I really like the team at Panterra. Debbie in sewing, Mike, Ron…they are all pro’s and really do a great job communicating with customers and giving them exactly what they want.

Hopefully we will be picking up the coach in a couple of weeks and when I get more pics we will post them.

Jim

[Corey]

maybe someone can comment on how you know if your rear shocks need to be replaced. Can’t jump up and down on the bumper and look for a spring back.

[Corey]

George, no 220V cook top either? It’s hard to understand some decisions made in the past by others. I would think that a split phase (220V) generator wouldn’t cost much more than a 110Vgenerator.

[Corey]

Gil, the Splendide was 110v. There are no 220v circuits(until now) on the bus. The PowerTec is wired only for 110V. you’d have to ask Ben C why they were built that way. There is not(until now) a double 220v breaker on the panel. Geo

[Corey]

The concerns as expressed by Prevost was the vertical loads on the hitch are what damages and stresses the frame. That is why the distance from the bumper is a critical part of the limitations. If the loads were static there would likely be little concern, but the loads increase substantially when crossing a swail type depression in an otherwise flat highway.

Almost all of us have gone over a depression in the highway that tends to bottom our the driver’s air seat and the suspension and then just as quickly springs us back up into the air. The hitch at the other end of the coach experiences the same type of forces with there being no loads except normal tongue weight, then substantial positive loads on the hitch followed by large negative loads. The bus is acting like a big rocking horse and when those strong positive loads are applied the frame can be over stressed.

When we have had those types of bumps I am always waiting to head the air bags pop because as the front goes over the depression and then comes right back out of it everything seems to compress to the limits. That same thing is happening at the hitch, only it is likely amplified because the rear overhang is well beyond the pivot point which is somewhere in the vicinity of the tag and drive axles.

But even within the limits I would suggest everyone really give serious consideration to towing a trailer. They are a pain to deal with in a lot of campgrounds. Some don’t even want them in the campground proper, but parked remotely. As Prevost owners we also are pack rats. If we have a space we fill it. While our intentions may be pure, it usually doesn’t take long before we have stuff jammed in every nook and cranny. I’m in a 12 step program now to try to recover from needing to bring too much stuff. If I had a trailer it wouldn’t be long before it was overloaded.

[Corey]

Jeff isn’t saying it, but I know a considerable effort is assocated with taking a lot of the coach apart just to be able to clear the floor so the new floor can be installed.

And then it all has to be put back in place. Our coaches have a lot of stuff in the way.

[Corey]

G-Man,

You will have the newer version SMX contols where you double tap for the optional heat sources.

[Corey]

Ok noob question…where does one donate or pay for membership? Or is first year free??

[Corey]

Mine does it too. I’ve been behind seated buses, and they do it too.