Hi all,
If you followed some of my recent posts, you know that I got a 2002 Cheyenne about two weeks ago and was worried about towing it back 450 miles as the previous owner did not change tires or repack the wheel bearings for at least six years he owned it!
Anyway, I made it back safely and there are some issues I need to fix and my priority are the tires and wheel bearings. I called couple of places previously suggested by fellow experienced campers and most of them will not do both. For example, most tire places (including Walmart) will only change the tires, but not repack wheel bearings. The only place I found locally is an RV place who will do both. Estimated price is close to $500 (including tire price)! So, I decided to do it myself. A set of (two) tires cost around $115 (Amazon 175/80D13 - yes, I could have bought the radial tires, but oh well, these are cheap -). Even if I need a new set of wheel bearings, DIY cost will not exceed more than $150. I have changed car tires, so not completely novice -.
What I am worried is that in the cars, you have a specific place to put your jack, not sure where I should place the jack to lift the camper. Should I use one jack or two on both sides of the tire? Besides, there are stabilizer jacks on the other side (as opposed to wheels) of the camper. So, I am thinking there must be something I should do - like up the jacks from the floor/driveway a little so when one side is lifted up (even just a bit to pull the tire out), there is not much pressure on the stabilizers on the other side.
Lastly, the camper is sitting on a slope in my driveway - not a lot, but still you know that most of the driveways are inclined. So, I have to account for that as well.
So, please let me know your thoughts, suggestions, advice and learnings if you have done this work. A million thanks in advance to you all!
MC
If you followed some of my recent posts, you know that I got a 2002 Cheyenne about two weeks ago and was worried about towing it back 450 miles as the previous owner did not change tires or repack the wheel bearings for at least six years he owned it!
Anyway, I made it back safely and there are some issues I need to fix and my priority are the tires and wheel bearings. I called couple of places previously suggested by fellow experienced campers and most of them will not do both. For example, most tire places (including Walmart) will only change the tires, but not repack wheel bearings. The only place I found locally is an RV place who will do both. Estimated price is close to $500 (including tire price)! So, I decided to do it myself. A set of (two) tires cost around $115 (Amazon 175/80D13 - yes, I could have bought the radial tires, but oh well, these are cheap -). Even if I need a new set of wheel bearings, DIY cost will not exceed more than $150. I have changed car tires, so not completely novice -.
What I am worried is that in the cars, you have a specific place to put your jack, not sure where I should place the jack to lift the camper. Should I use one jack or two on both sides of the tire? Besides, there are stabilizer jacks on the other side (as opposed to wheels) of the camper. So, I am thinking there must be something I should do - like up the jacks from the floor/driveway a little so when one side is lifted up (even just a bit to pull the tire out), there is not much pressure on the stabilizers on the other side.
Lastly, the camper is sitting on a slope in my driveway - not a lot, but still you know that most of the driveways are inclined. So, I have to account for that as well.
So, please let me know your thoughts, suggestions, advice and learnings if you have done this work. A million thanks in advance to you all!
MC