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Front end jitters
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We just had new 365s put on at a local shop and have taken the coach on a 2 hour cruise to Nashville this past weekend.  While droning down the highway at about 60mph it feels like we are hitting bumps about every 10th of a second. Almost like the tire is out of round… it does smooth out sometimes and the tracking is pretty straight.  The shop did manage to steal my EezTire transponders (or whatever the tire mounted air pressure/temp thingies are called) - so I pulled the two from the tags and put them on the front.  The tire pressures were at 115 and 125 but will check the cold this morning to be sure… I have always run them at 100 even and it rode very well and the tires lasted 8 years with no problems (other than having an uneven wear pattern on the outside of the passenger tire).  We are planning a much longer (10 hours) trip next weekend to TX and would like to not ruin the new tires I just had installed… any ideas?  I do probably need to get new tie rod ends but not sure that would cause something like this.


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Karen & Adrian Abshire 
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498 
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40
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How where the tires balanced?

Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home Cool )
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#3

I idea - I was under the impression that they should not need balanced but I’ll ask them today

Karen & Adrian Abshire 
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498 
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40
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#4

At Richards recommendation we used tire beads on our new Michelin 315s last December and highly recommend them. The book recommended 12 oz we put in 16oz per tire. Absolutely rock solid smooth!

Steve & Doris Denton
45' Newell #525, Bath & Half....sold
37' Country Coach, Tribute....Cat C9, 400 hp
2014 Honda CRV Toad
Summerfield, FL
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#5

I have tire beads in my tires for 4 years now . They sometimes wobble a bit after the coach has set but smooth out in a few miles.

1993 Newell (316) 45' 8V92,towing an Imperial open trailer or RnR custom built enclosed trailer. FMCA#232958 '67 Airstream Overlander 27' '67GTO,'76TransAm,'52Chevy panel, 2000 Corvette "Lingenfelter"modified, '23 Grand Cherokee.
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#6

Having the tires / wheels balanced and realigned at southern tire mart in Conroe/Willis TX - these guys work on lots of coaches and Rudy recommends them so it was worth the 1.5 hour drive to get them to align. They are doing a full alignment front and back with a laser system

Karen & Adrian Abshire 
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498 
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40
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#7

Got the paperwork - please let me know if this looks correct.


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Karen & Adrian Abshire 
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498 
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40
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