New Tires

[Rob Robinson]

Leroy I saw the same thing once before. A guy parked next to us and after
about an hour or so an outside dually blew. When he took it off the inside
dually looked absolutely horrid. It had more checking and deterioration than
the outside one. They were both the same age. Can't explain it.

On 16/11/06, Leroy Eckert wrote:
>
>
> 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"
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
>
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Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB


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