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    Gary,

    I view carrying spares as EQUALLY important for those who do their own work and those who "use their cell phone".

    As I posted earlier, lots of other people can do the work for you (just pick up your cell phone). BUT, expecting that they can get their hands on the right part at 6 PM in the middle of nowhere is a completely different matter.

    And, you mention carrying a spare unmounted tire in Mexico-- I do the same. I have no illusions of changing it myself. But with the proper tire, it is easy to have the spare mounted and installed locally. I view belts and filters in the same light.

    Brett Wolfe

    I agree if I would have had the spare belt the mechanic could still have come on Christmas Day (he would not have had to wait for the parts house to open the next day) and we would have been in San Diego, instead of Sentinel AZ with the Border Patrol.

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    It is possible-- do you hear the source of the noise that high up?

    Tape them off to determine if they are the cause.

    Brett Wolfe

    Yes sometimes it seems the noise is high up in that corner and other times it seems around the mirror, this weekend I start the process of elimination.

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    On Christmas Day we where traveling down I-8 around noon by exit 87 Sentinel AZ (the middle of the town of nowhere) we broke a inner fan belt and I had no spare, we use GS and they got a service provider to contact me but they could not get the part until the next day (it was christmas day) the next morning they had the service man come from Buckeye AZ some 180 miles away with the belt and we where on our way. On Christmas they seemed determined to tow us to Yuma some 90 miles away, I told them we where in no danger we had the border patrol close by and they where watching out for us so just send the mechanic not the tow truck, it took a lot of talking but it seemed smarter to just replace the belt than risk damaging the coach from towing it 90 miles We only paid the cost of the part and labor to install $125 the travel time had to be almost $300 and GS paid for that.

    David Duhe :rolleyes:

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    We just completed a 4,000-mile journey, and besides a fan belt failure, we have developed a loud whistling or howling noise that seems to be coming from around the right mirror. It seems to be speed-related because most of the time it begins around 65 mph or if the wind is really blowing hard, especially a crosswind. Any ideas will be appreciated.

    David Duhe

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    My tires or marked load range H and after weighting the coach I’m well within range. The reason I am considering changing the tires are from uneven tire wear, because the coach only has 30,000 miles on it with plenty of tread left, and just minor to no cracking. The former owner drove it a while with a thrust alignment problem and the front end under inflated. Since I have gotten it all those problems have been corrected by my Freight Liner dealer (especially since we run a trucking company). Our big trucks run both Goodyear and Michelin tires with equal success, but I did not know if there was a better specialty tire for RV use. I could probably just change the steer axle, because it drives great now that all of the alignment issues or corrected, and the rear tires are not that bad. :rolleyes:

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    We have Motor Coach Design's (MCD) http://www.mcdinnovations.com/ sun screens all around. We are full time and having the screens on all the windows really helps in warm sunny climates. As Gramps mentioned, the MCD screens are attached at the top with a snap. The bottom of the screen has Velcro tabs that snap on the motor home and then attach to the Velcro corners on the screens. The advantage of this arrangement is that all screens will eventually stretch and even a little stretch causes the screens to sag. With the Velcro you can just pull them snug at the Velcro corners and keep them looking nice and tight. We winter in south Texas and with near constant windy days in the 20's and occasional days in the 30's or 40's I have seldom have a screen come loose so the Velcro tabs do the job. We have had the screens on the front since we bought the coach in November 1993 and use them for at least 5 months straight in the winter and occasionally in the summer as needed.

    Check the web site or call them to see if they have screens for your coach. We had custom screens made for all our windows so I'm sure they could do custom screens also. MCD has been really good about replacing needed parts. I have had a few of the snap tabs with Velcro that separated from the plastic backing they are on and they replaced the tabs at no charge. We even stopped and stayed overnight at their factory in McKinney, Texas (800-804-1757) just north of Dallas and had full hook-ups. You will find cheaper sun screens but not better ones!

    Thanks for the advice, I ordered them the other day and Iam looking forward to them coming in.

    David

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    We are about to pick up our new coach in Las Vegas we have not been out west and we are driving back to Louisiana, we would like to stop and see the grand canyon, can anyone suggest a nice place to stay, we will not have a tow vehicle on this trip so it has to be simple. :rolleyes:

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