We got a call from the place that had promised that they would have the tires that we needed -- originally they expected them to come in by end of day on Tuesday, but they came in on Monday afternoon. The fellow at the tire shop said that we could come in at any time, they weren't busy, so we planned to go in on Tuesday - the plan was to go in the morning, but we ended up getting there about 3pm.
They were so happy to have the work to do... Carl said that there were 2 and 3 guys working on the job at the same time. It ended up taking until 6:45pm, but we got all 8 tires replaced.
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| There is an information placard on the wall behind the driver's seat with information about the weights and tire pressures... |
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| While we are at NIRVC, they will do a "4-corners" weigh of the rig, so we plan to get that done on Thursday to allow us to better know what the optimal air pressures are for the tires. |
Carl took all of these pictures, so most of the captions are a joint project between us...
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| Driver's side front - lanyards for the air tanks are in this area. |
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| top(?) view of the wheel |
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| Front air bag |
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| Passenger side front |
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| Technician getting ready to spin balance |
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| secured, ready to spin |
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| Measuring diameter of wheel for use by the machine |
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| Report ready... |
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| This information tells the technician how much weight and where to place it |
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| installing the wheel with the new tire on driver's front |
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| installing the wheel with the new tire on passenger front |
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| Removing back wheels - positioning the jacks |
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| Removing the lug nuts from tag axle |
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| Tag axle hub - does it have a way to put in hub oil? |
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| a close up of the front axle center - it doesn't look like there is a way to put in hub oil... |
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| closer view of the tax axle - not sure about hub oil application... |
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| Inner dual wheel |
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| dual |
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| dual and tag |
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| removing old tire from rim |
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| Putting new valve stem (nearer guy working on one wheel) while another technician removes tire from from another wheel |
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| Tread on one of the old tires (about 27K miles on the tires, 9 years old) |
So... another to-do off of our list!
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