Re: [A/S] VINTAGE TECH QUESTION

--- In AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com, "andyrogozinski" <Inlandrv@...> wrote:
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> --- In AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com, pcfranke <pcfranke@> wrote:
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> > On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 20:40 -0700, Oliver Filippi wrote:
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> > > ....I would call the Airstream factory and find out
> > > what the specification is,....
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> > For what it's worth in this discussion, Jackson Center checks the axles
> > every time my coach is in for service (normally twice a year) and they
> > always have left it on the original axles.
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> > No disrespect to Colin, just another perspective.
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> > Peace,
> > - Lew #4239
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> The following article will teach a person how to quickly check the axle/axles out themselves.
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> http://inlandrv.com/articles/dura-torque-axle-92001.html
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> Unfortunately, not too many dealers know how to check them out.
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> The rubber rods must be exercised to stay alive. If the trailer has been parked without moving, or on jacks, the rubber rods will fail.
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> That has aleady happened many times, even on some Airstreams just a very few years old.
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> Andy
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Sorry, I should have said, "if the trailer has not moved for 2 or 3 years or more".

Andy

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