Just had a call from the second opinion place and they said basically the work the first place did on the alignment leaf springs passenger side etc all appears good (still shaking their heads why they needed it for over 2 weeks though LOL), but the front passenger side leaf spring they said is now one half inch higher than the drivers side and typically they like to see no more than half inch. He said it's safe to take on our 6 to 8 week trip but when we get back if he were us he'd take it back to the first shop and tell them they need to have it within half inch. He also said the bushings etc all seems good. As far as the now crack at diagonal from the bedroom slide he recommended designer coach works take a look at as again not there expertise and no idea. Like I said before I'm wondering if they twisted at the first shop using the jacks that caused it = how can you prove that is the case or not I don't know?
This second opinion service manager, who doesn't want a dime off us but will be getting $50 for his crew for coffee/donuts/pizza from us for their honesty and kindness without trying to charge us for any further unnecessary work, did say he noticed a whining from the engine and hubby and son in law have concurred they've noticed it and it seems to change with engine speed - the service manager suggested it could possibly be the power steering pump, maybe ac pump or maybe an auxiliary pump of something. (we had a new engine put in back in March 2013!). Again not his area of expertise and he didn't seem to have an excited response on recommending a specific company for checking this out. We called Alberta Auto and Truck as we are limited here in Calgary area on who can handle our size rigs to ask if they would do a complimentary diagnosis and then advise a price based on that of what might be the cause - didn't feel comfortable on the phone as much with them as did with the Standen folks for alignment etc and she said nope we charge $150 for a diagnosis.
We are due to head out of here next Thursday latest to go to Waterton, Glacier, down to Flathead, up to Spokane, Couer D'Alene and into Washington and then down to Oregon and possibly into California depending how long we amble and start and stop.
Do any of you have a recommendation for someone in these areas that you'd trust for getting this addressed? Obviously it's been occurring for a while by the sounds of my boys comments!!!, so wondering if we can't wait to get to somewhere highly recommended by someone here on the forums than end up in a pickle with limited local.
Thanks again to you all.
FTW.
