okay...we blew the tires. =-O
we're on the way to live oak FL...I75 s..had some roadwork going on...our tires on this Fleetwood flair..couple new ones..others ...not. our car center guy back home checked all ..said..okey dokey......
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I just spent a week researching tires and it was the first time I heard about changing tires every 5 years. Unfortunately, my mechanic has never heard about it either, and apparently the one before him... needless to say, the MH was inspected in NY state just before we bought it, then I took it to my "mechanic" at the garage downtown, who, after replacing rear bushings, also inspected it... this was after he put 80 PSI into a passenger truck tire rated at 44 PSI max... yea, you read that right. I asked him both times I took the MH in for inspection to check the tires on the passenger's side, as they seem to be low and losing air to me. Both times he checked them over and put 80 PSI in them. It wasn't until during our first trip and seeing the tires low again, that I personally inspected them and realized they were the wrong tires!
They were passenger truck tires... 44PSI max load. The rest of the tires looked brand new, but had a date code of 2005. After a week of shopping and research I purchased 6 new Firestone Transforce HT's - the correct tires. Another episode (what a character this guy was) finally resulted in getting them mounted on the MH. Next week I'll get new tires for the tag axle.
Anyway, the yahoo "mechanic" also failed to tell me the brake pads were shot. The second leg of our 5 hour journey was like hauling pigs all the squeeling... and by time we arrived there was noticeable damage to the rotors. Thus, my 4-day brake job (so far) repairing just one side of the drive axle brakes (and a cost of $1,200 for the drive axle).
They were passenger truck tires... 44PSI max load. The rest of the tires looked brand new, but had a date code of 2005. After a week of shopping and research I purchased 6 new Firestone Transforce HT's - the correct tires. Another episode (what a character this guy was) finally resulted in getting them mounted on the MH. Next week I'll get new tires for the tag axle.
Anyway, the yahoo "mechanic" also failed to tell me the brake pads were shot. The second leg of our 5 hour journey was like hauling pigs all the squeeling... and by time we arrived there was noticeable damage to the rotors. Thus, my 4-day brake job (so far) repairing just one side of the drive axle brakes (and a cost of $1,200 for the drive axle).
