Harvey the RV

So while in the process of cleaning and painting the wheels, I inspected the front rotor mounts. I wire brushed them and then washed with eastwoods metal prep wash which puts a light coat of rust preventive on. It's just a chemical wash not a coat of paint. Still trying to get my local les swab tire guys to come down on the price for a set of tires. i'll talk to them about the front end alignment at the same time. they want to sell me the Thunderer tire for $135 while I would like to get the hankook ra 08 for $87 at the local discount tire shop. I feel some loyalty to Les Shwab because they have done me some favors over the years. I'll try to convince them they should meet discounts price.

So while in the process of cleaning and painting the wheels, I inspected the front rotor mounts. I wire brushed them and then washed with eastwoods metal prep wash which puts a light coat of rust preventive on. It's just a chemical wash not a coat of paint. Still trying to get my local les swab tire guys to come down on the price for a set of tires. i'll talk to them about the front end alignment at the same time. they want to sell me the Thunderer tire for $135 while I would like to get the hankook ra 08 for $87 at the local discount tire shop. I feel some loyalty to Les Shwab because they have done me some favors over the years. I'll try to convince them they should meet discounts price.

One day on the freeway our front window just shattered. Never figured out why. It was safety glass so it broke into tiny pieces. With glass gone like that it was easy to see how to remove the frame. Went to a glass shop, they cut a new piece of safety glass and installed.it. I think they replaced the rubber keeper as well. Dog and wife both require that it be glass, aluminum wouldn't have gone over well.

Very nice I did the same repair but just used plywood. Much heavier of course and not as neat as yours. The problem was the spare tire bolted thru that wall. So I had an A frame welded to the back bumper to carry the tire.

Hmm these both sound like good ideas. I'm going to replace the front tires any way, so I'll be able to check the rotors. After the new tires I'll try another alignment, seeing about top and bottom alignment. I'm guessing that he meant a camber adjustment? Thanks guys

1990 Dolphin has a front end shimmy that has grown over the years. Not violent yet and I have tried many fixes. New shocks and alignment New stabilizer shock New tires but that was 8 yrs ago Moved tires, one set of rears put on the front and moved fronts back, this helped a little Found 2 out of three ujoints bad, replaced, this also helped a little. I had the same shop who did the ujoints inspect the tie rod ends and ball joints, they thought they were fine, that's why they did the ujoints I'm going to replace tires again, mostly due to age, so I might have them look at the front end stuff again. Any other thoughts?