Last night when I was going into the house from the shop. I heard a "pop" and a fast air leak. I know right away it was a tire on the new to us motorhome. The inside RR dual was flat so I had aired it up yesterday. A few hours later that happened, and it is the same tire. Dang. Made it a bit harder to sleep last night!
Went ahead and put it on the concrete where Loree normally parks to see about jacking it up and pulling those tires off. Good time to change the generator oil and air filter too. I figured I would take it to a tire shop if a plug blew out. Get it patched on the inside.
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There is jackstands under it. I didn't want to drag the jack back into the shop. Found out that my floor jack isn't cut out for these low trucks. It's jacking range is with the handle much higher. It took forever just to raise it up enough! My knees are shot---LOL!
Getting the valve stems out of the hubcap was a chore on one stem. Threads must have been boogered and the stem nut was so thin that it was hard to get a half inch wrench on it. Got them pulled and rolled the tires inside. Was able to chase the stem threads with a deep chaser.
Right away I noticed this elbow on the inner tire was very loose. Tightened it and all the other joints up, then put air to it.
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Took air just fine and seems to be holding. Tire itself looks great.
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The way the valve stems were mounted into the hubcaps was a pain too. Not enough stem sticking out to get some air chucks on including my digital one. I modified them by removing a u shaped plate and installing correct size washers and was able to use thicker nuts even. Now any air chuck should fit---I hope. Still need to do that to the LR setup. Hopefully I won't have to take the wheels off to do it.
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Will let it sit in the shop- overnight to see if it holds.
Went back outside to do the generator service, and of course it looks and sounds like rain coming.
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Everything went pretty smoothly except the oil filler design is as stupid as many of the pumps and gearboxes we had at work! It took over a half hour to put a little over 3/4 qt of 30wt in it. (.84 qt with filter on the sticker). It has a nice big fill tube but it chokes down into a probably 1/4" hose going into the bottom of the engine block.
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It was starting to sprinkle about the time I was able to start the generator and check for leaks. That is hard to see since removing the filter makes a mess too. Ran it 5 minutes and hurried up and put away tools except the drain pan and the floor jack. Checked the oil after shutting it down and it's right on the full line.
So far just sprinkles and thunder.
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