> Oh, nice touch on the Bubba and the valentines dinner. I picked up on the
> WC.
> <G>
>>>> I'm towing a lighter camper & was thinking about changing out a 4.10
>>>> to a 3.54 rear for better mpg (what difference can I expect?) . Cost
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> Not as good as you usually do but it's better than nothing..........
Been preoccupied with the toy so I'm not on my game. But, I promise to do
better.<G>
Made the mistake of going to a discount tire store to have the rear wheels
balanced. Balance went fine the guy put the left rear on okay then some
other clown shows up and say's "I'll get this one for ya" And I'm f.cked!!
The wheels are early 90's American Racing aluminum wheels. They use a "mag
shank lug nut" The shank threads through the wheel and onto the stud and
tightens against a washer and the wheel. This bozo trys to start them with a
air gun and gets half way down the threads and it stops, it's cross treaded,
so he try's to back it off, no joy, so it's back to tightening it. I tell
him to stop before he wipes the stud out of the axle and I look for the
manager. By the time I get the manager he's hammered the thing. Finally get
it apart, the hole the stud goes through is wiped, the lug nut and stud are
of course junk. They don't have parts. So I've been running around trying to
find a oversize stud that I can draw through and harder is to find a lug nut
for it. Mine have a 5/8th diameter shank, the new style is 3/4" and won't
fit throught the wheel. Finally found one in Daytona that will work Found a
stud and I put it back together. But gotta tell ya, I was ready to killl
sombody.
Needless to say I won't be buying new tires from those folks.
>> Oh, nice touch on the Bubba and the valentines dinner. I picked up on the
>> WC.
>> <G>
>
> Thought you might like it... <BG>
Yup, it was pretty slick.
Roy
> Denny
>
>> Roy
Denny - 25 Feb 2008 00:14 GMT
>>>>> I'm towing a lighter camper & was thinking about changing out a 4.10
>>>>> to a 3.54 rear for better mpg (what difference can I expect?) . Cost
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> Finally get it apart, the hole the stud goes through is wiped, the lug nut
> and stud are of course junk. They don't have parts.
The hole in the axle flange is wallowed out??? That is really rare. Usually
the hole is ok and the stud spins. You have really bad luck. Don't talk to
me any more..... <GBMFG>
Denny
Roy - 25 Feb 2008 00:36 GMT
>>>>>> I'm towing a lighter camper & was thinking about changing out a 4.10
>>>>>> to a 3.54 rear for better mpg (what difference can I expect?) .
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> The hole in the axle flange is wallowed out??? That is really rare.
He was really laying on the air gun and did some damage.
>Usually the hole is ok and the stud spins. You have really bad luck. Don't
>talk to me any more..... <GBMFG>
Screw ya!!<VBG>
Roy
> Denny
Denny - 25 Feb 2008 01:34 GMT
>>>>>>> I'm towing a lighter camper & was thinking about changing out a 4.10
>>>>>>> to a 3.54 rear for better mpg (what difference can I expect?) . Cost
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>
> Screw ya!!<VBG>
You'd never go back to Sue.......
Denny
Nosey - 25 Feb 2008 04:35 GMT
> Made the mistake of going to a discount tire store to have the rear
> wheels balanced.
I put front brakes on my truck last week. I get lifetime warranty brake pads
so this should have been a free brake job. The last one to have the wheels
off was discount tire when I bought tires. On the front wheels I found 7
stripped studs and 6 bad lug nuts. Only 6 bad lug nuts you ask? Yep. The
left one of them off. Good thing it's a 3/4 ton or I would have only had 3
good lug nuts holding the front wheels on. I took the hubs off and carried
them in to NAPA to have the studs changed out and the rotors turned. The
rotors were worn almost to the minimum thickness. I decided while it was
apart I'd replace the hub that I split open 30,000 miles ago. My free brake
job turned into 7 new studs, 7 new lug nuts, 2 new rotors, 1 new hub, and 2
hours of shop labor. I'm afraid to look at the back wheels. Discount tire
sucks.

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Denny - 25 Feb 2008 10:21 GMT
>> Made the mistake of going to a discount tire store to have the rear
>> wheels balanced.
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> new hub, and 2 hours of shop labor. I'm afraid to look at the back wheels.
> Discount tire sucks.
Discount tire isn't the one that sucks, I'm sure there are some decent
people working there somewhere. But it is the responsibility of the mgr. to
make sure his people are doing a good job.
Denny
Nosey - 25 Feb 2008 13:04 GMT
>>> Made the mistake of going to a discount tire store to have the rear
>>> wheels balanced.
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>
> Denny
I feel it's the responsibility of Discount Tire to hire competent managers
and have an effective safety and training program. Discount Tire obviously
failed in that capacity. What they did was dangerous. They knowingly gave me
my truck in an unsafe condition and hid the damage from me. I feel lucky to
have discovered it before one of my front wheels came off. I'm driving it to
Pennsylvania today. I'm not sure I would have made it if I decided to do
that brake job after this trip. See you guys in a week or two.

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