Dexter Axle moved?
When we got back from our trip and parked the Cougar 333MKS we discovered that our X-Chocks would not fit between the curb-side wheels. The street-side X-Chock fit just fine. Odd because the X-chocks ...
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Got a call from the frame shop. The tech checked his work and thought everything was OK. Manager wasn't convinced so he checked too. Between the two of them they covered pretty much everything. But I pointed out that they hadn't explained the reason I brought it in - the X-chock didn't fit. I repeated that the X-chock was not actually the problem, it just told me there was a problem, and so what is/was the problem? At this point-no good explanation.
In all fairness we had already discussed many things, but we never really talked tires. The 5er has the original China bombs with 12K miles on them. Typical tire life is generally 15K miles give or take, depending on .... So they measured the tires. One pair of tires is actually larger then the other pair of tires. The two tires where the X-chock will not fit add about ½". I never rotated the tires and those are the two that take the most abuse in most turns. The two turns in the driveway are left turns, and I try to avoid blind turns (right turns) when backing up, so the majority of turns backing are to the left.
All the measurements are correct from rim to rim.
But wait-there's more. If we believe that the street-side tires are scuffing off more rubber then the curb-side tires, wouldn't that make for a smaller tire? Maybe not, especially if we are in the early stages of belt separation.
I think the frame shop has done their work, although I'm going to follow up to see if they still believe the equilizer bushings and the two front hanger bushings are still good. I also want to double-check to make sure nothing is flipped or bent, although we've already gone over that. But it's time to get my Goodyear tire guy involved. I'm thinking LTs this time around.
In all fairness we had already discussed many things, but we never really talked tires. The 5er has the original China bombs with 12K miles on them. Typical tire life is generally 15K miles give or take, depending on .... So they measured the tires. One pair of tires is actually larger then the other pair of tires. The two tires where the X-chock will not fit add about ½". I never rotated the tires and those are the two that take the most abuse in most turns. The two turns in the driveway are left turns, and I try to avoid blind turns (right turns) when backing up, so the majority of turns backing are to the left.
All the measurements are correct from rim to rim.
But wait-there's more. If we believe that the street-side tires are scuffing off more rubber then the curb-side tires, wouldn't that make for a smaller tire? Maybe not, especially if we are in the early stages of belt separation.
I think the frame shop has done their work, although I'm going to follow up to see if they still believe the equilizer bushings and the two front hanger bushings are still good. I also want to double-check to make sure nothing is flipped or bent, although we've already gone over that. But it's time to get my Goodyear tire guy involved. I'm thinking LTs this time around.
