What did you do to your Class A MH today???

mustang652 wrote:

Mainehawk wrote:
Drooled over the last few trip pics the DW sent me while I continue on my Afghanistan "Vacation" for a few more months. Can't wait to get back to do the "suggested" updates she's coming up with :)

Thanks for your continued service.

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TJNF wrote:
Nice day in central calif, 85 deg
Washed , bounder 34j, cleaned windows, gased her up.. Cross country trip in T-3 weeks

Can't wait going to be an adventure

I find it hard to travel this time of the year in some states because of the tornadoes all over Oklahoma, Texas and it runs all the way up to Indiana. Be careful on your travels. I could hardly wait to get out of those states, kept watching the news on TV all the time.

Mainehawk wrote:
Drooled over the last few trip pics the DW sent me while I continue on my Afghanistan "Vacation" for a few more months. Can't wait to get back to do the "suggested" updates she's coming up with :)

Thanks for your continued service.

Removed the battery tray with slide, sanded it down to bare metal and then primed/painted the top. Will need to refinish the bottom and hopefully reinstall by the weekend.

Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy

Drooled over the last few trip pics the DW sent me while I continue on my Afghanistan "Vacation" for a few more months. Can't wait to get back to do the "suggested" updates she's coming up with :)

Nice day in central calif, 85 deg
Washed , bounder 34j, cleaned windows, gased her up.. Cross country trip in T-3 weeks

Can't wait going to be an adventure

Not today, but recently. I installed a remote control for the black-water valve (http://www.barkermfg.com/autodrain.html). No more trips outside during inclement weather, just activate the switch. I leave the switch in the 'open' position for about a minute, then back to 'close'.

Replaced the two steer tires today with Michelin 315/80R/22.5 XZA2 Energy tires. The original Michelins were 295's and were priced at $638 through the Michelin Tire Advantage program. I got the 315's for $583 each and they are load range J as opposed to the 295's that were load range H. Just the short drive back home, I noticed an improvement in ride and handling so I was pleased. The tires were 6 years old and the road side was showing some sidewall cracks so it was a feel good project on my part. The drive tires were dismounted and inspected and passed 100%.

I've never been happy about the effort it takes to close and latch the common Trimark 60-650 lock assembly on our primary coach door. Knowing that the bolt on these locks are subject to stress breakage, making it quite difficult to get the door open for repairs, I decided to remove the inside panel and make sure everything was well lubed to minimize friction. With the panel off, I realized there are two springs used to close the bolt, one that's tucked away inside the bolt housing, and another that is primarily used to return the pull paddles to their resting position after the door is opened or closed. I found the spring return for the paddles is quite stiff, and that removing it allowed the door to close and latch with not much more pressure than that needed by most conventional residential doors. The downside of course, was that the paddles flopped around a bit without the return spring to hold them retracted. A brief search of my on hand spare springs turned up a much lighter spring of the correct dimensions to use as a replacement for the heavier OEM spring. The door now operates much easier, and closes with minimal effort while still retracting the paddles. My wife is also very pleased with the mod, and that makes me happy too!

The photo shows the original spring held alongside the lighter replacement.

Well Gang,
Upon my last brake inspection of our '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the 330 CAT, I found a slightly leaking left rear hub seal. It was not that bad so, we went on our pending trip. About 1500 miles later, I thought I'd take another look, not knowing how long it took it to get that way in the first 49,900 miles. Well, it's only a tad worse but, since I had it half way apart, I figured what the heck, might as well do it.

This kind of job is not all that hard. The hard part is, the heaviness of each of the wheels and tires, the drum and, even the hub. So, if you plan on taking on a project like this, be prepared for some heavy and awkward tire/wheel combos and that drum.

Anyway, with the correct tools, gear-reduced "Torque Multiplier", the 450 lb. torqued lug nuts came off very, very easily. Then the drum, which I used a motorcycle jack to remove, what a piece of cake with that jack. Then, the hub, I needed 4" hub nut socket for that.

Then, the removal of the seal. I used a Snap On "claw footed" crow bar for that and, it worked flawless. I cleaned all the parts and, ordered up the seal. Incidentally, that seal is right at $47.00, wow, for a seal?? Really!

So, in the pics you'll see that there is some migration of the diff oil on various edges and some parts but, not enough to contaminate the brake shoes etc. So, I finished cleaning all the brake area, return springs, S-cam etc. I had to make a seal installer tool because this seal is so large that you could damage it by trying to install it with the old hammer and flat punch way. Boy, that's the way to go. So, all back together and better than new. A fun but, laborious project.
Scott