Towing new
One more question, gentlemen... We have to get the trailer to the dealer for some warranty work. It's about 60 miles one way, gradually downhill from 3000' elevation to less than 100'. They will ...
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Nvr2loud wrote:goducks10 wrote:
The 500 miles is to set the rear gears. When we had an 08 F150 2wd I was thinking of getting 4.10 gears. The mechanic told me that I would need to put 500 miles on them before hard acceleration or towing. Seems to fall in line with manufactures recommendations. What's it going to hurt anyway to put 500 miles on it before towing?
Too bad there wasn't a way to run the engine very hard during break-in and not run heavy forces through the rear gears...
My wife and myself both broke-in our 600 CC Suzuki motorcycles differently. I rode very very very hard out of the box. She followed the manual break-in period exactly.
She had a dyno reading of 98 HP at the rear wheel and I had a reading of 109 HP at the rear wheel after six months of riding. Her bike developed a couple of oil leaks past the rings, and also had a complete tranny rebuild after a year. Mine had zero repairs for over six years of riding.
Shoulda bought Hondas. Wife and I rode for years. Always followed the break in schedule. Zero issues with either. Her 1st bike was Honda 750 Shadow. She rode the cr@p out of it. Last bike I had was a 2006 Gold Wing. zero issues after 30,000 miles. Which was meager compared to most.
