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VAL Digest Saturday, July 3 2004 Volume 01 : Number 297
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[VAL] Re2: shocks and axles
[VAL] FW: highway help
Re: [VAL] Re2: shocks and axles
Re: [VAL] FW: highway help
[VAL] test pls delete
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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:41:54 -0500
From: Chris Koehn <timberguides@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: [VAL] Re2: shocks and axles
Thanks for your responses Dr J and Jim.
Dr. J, is there a visual representation of the trailing angle of the
arms you can direct me toward? I'm having a hard time grasping that
one.
Cheers,
Chris
#8638
pulled the 1979 @31' 400 miles to Des Moines yesterday..
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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:54:57 -0400
From: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: [VAL] FW: highway help
Hi all,
We are in the middle of our second trip in our renovated '68 Ambassador. No
problems until we left Virginia heading for Kentucky. Left Williamsburg in
the rain and had a lot of traffic for a while. WV roads were really rough.
Stopped for a break about 150 miles out of Williamsburg and found the back
door missing along with the our license plate! I also noticed that the door
frame was starting to crack on both sides and the back was starting to
droop. I had fixed the rotten floor a couple of years ago and replaced all
of the bolts making a good solid and waterproof rear connection. There was
a gap because of the rotten floor, but none of the dreaded rear sag. Made a
trip from Salt Lake to Tampa with absolutely no problems so I thought we had
it made.
It is now several days later in Indiana and things are getting worse. The
cracks are getting larger, we are shearing rivits along the rear trim and we
have probably sagged a 1/2' now. I contacted airstream and we are dropping
the trailer off for repair on Monday. They didn't know if they could help
or not but will check the trailer out sometime in July. After looking at
the archives, it appears that our frame is bending and we will need a beef
up plate. Hopefully it won't bend too far on the trip over to Ohio so a
repair can be made.
If anyone happens to see a trailer door with Florida plates on I-64 WB
between Williamsburg and WV please contact me off list. I'll be glad to pay
for its return.
If you any good words of encouragement we would love to hear from you.
Pete
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Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:35:11 -0500
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer" <geraldj@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: [VAL] Re2: shocks and axles
http://inlandrv.com/articles/dura-torque-drawing.jpg
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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 13:07:26 -0500
From: <Balloon@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: [VAL] FW: highway help
Pete,
Though this may upset some, drive on the left side of the road(passing
lane). I have
found on most roads this is the smooth side. Less bumps and holes made by
the
big trucks.
Good Luck!!
Paul Waddell
WBCCI/VAC/WDCU 1270
66 Overlander
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From: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
To: <valist@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:54 AM
Subject: [VAL] FW: highway help
> Hi all,
> We are in the middle of our second trip in our renovated '68 Ambassador.
No
> problems until we left Virginia heading for Kentucky. Left Williamsburg
in
> the rain and had a lot of traffic for a while. WV roads were really
rough.
> Stopped for a break about 150 miles out of Williamsburg and found the back
> door missing along with the our license plate! I also noticed that the
door
> frame was starting to crack on both sides and the back was starting to
> droop. I had fixed the rotten floor a couple of years ago and replaced
all
> of the bolts making a good solid and waterproof rear connection. There
was
> a gap because of the rotten floor, but none of the dreaded rear sag. Made
a
> trip from Salt Lake to Tampa with absolutely no problems so I thought we
had
> it made.
>
> It is now several days later in Indiana and things are getting worse. The
> cracks are getting larger, we are shearing rivits along the rear trim and
we
> have probably sagged a 1/2' now. I contacted airstream and we are
dropping
> the trailer off for repair on Monday. They didn't know if they could help
> or not but will check the trailer out sometime in July. After looking at
> the archives, it appears that our frame is bending and we will need a beef
> up plate. Hopefully it won't bend too far on the trip over to Ohio so a
> repair can be made.
>
> If anyone happens to see a trailer door with Florida plates on I-64 WB
> between Williamsburg and WV please contact me off list. I'll be glad to
pay
> for its return.
>
> If you any good words of encouragement we would love to hear from you.
> Pete
>
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Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 00:04:59 -0400
From: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: [VAL] test pls delete
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