Some of my frame rail pad are skewed and look as if they are working their
way out. My air cleaner is burnished in places where it must be touching
the underside of the engine cover. What is the procedure to remedy this and
what kind of material is used for replacement pads?
Bill Macdonald
77 Kingsley, Beaverton, OR
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(503) 526-8649
eieioh
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From:
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: GMC Air Cleaner/Floor Clearance
> In a message dated 4/13/2000 8:16:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> > The reason I became concerned about this is that the rear of the air
> cleaner
> > was lightly rubbing the floor cover aft of the 180 degree cutout. I
> > corrected
> > that when I replaced some missing frame rail pads but I still have only
a
> > fraction of the clearance shown in your pictures at
> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=202164&a=1706042.
> >
>
> Hi Fred!
> They way I believe our coaches are constructed in the front makes it
highly
> unlikely that the front cockpit frame mounts will fall out, however the
> rubber on these mounts maybe losing/deteriorating alittle so we don't get
the
> original height out of them.
> http://members.aol.com/adohen2/page/images/05__2.jpg How much I don't
know.
> If your air cleaner is touching at the front of the hatch, I would think
the
> mount rubber might be a contributing factor also. I know when I pulled my
> frame out from under the coach the rubber pads on the frame rails were
> compressed to about 1/2 of what they were originally. (crushing some of
> rubber hoses) I think the only critical factors in raising our coaches is
> the slip joint on the steering shaft. What I remember is most other
> connections are via some sort of cable with some slack. A WAG makes me
think
> we could raise the coach at least an inch without much problem.
> Disagreements are welcome
>
> Scott Fan-tastic
> Vents
>
>
way out. My air cleaner is burnished in places where it must be touching
the underside of the engine cover. What is the procedure to remedy this and
what kind of material is used for replacement pads?
Bill Macdonald
77 Kingsley, Beaverton, OR
- -----------------------------------------
(503) 526-8649
eieioh
- ----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: GMC Air Cleaner/Floor Clearance
> In a message dated 4/13/2000 8:16:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> > The reason I became concerned about this is that the rear of the air
> cleaner
> > was lightly rubbing the floor cover aft of the 180 degree cutout. I
> > corrected
> > that when I replaced some missing frame rail pads but I still have only
a
> > fraction of the clearance shown in your pictures at
> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=202164&a=1706042.
> >
>
> Hi Fred!
> They way I believe our coaches are constructed in the front makes it
highly
> unlikely that the front cockpit frame mounts will fall out, however the
> rubber on these mounts maybe losing/deteriorating alittle so we don't get
the
> original height out of them.
> http://members.aol.com/adohen2/page/images/05__2.jpg How much I don't
know.
> If your air cleaner is touching at the front of the hatch, I would think
the
> mount rubber might be a contributing factor also. I know when I pulled my
> frame out from under the coach the rubber pads on the frame rails were
> compressed to about 1/2 of what they were originally. (crushing some of
> rubber hoses) I think the only critical factors in raising our coaches is
> the slip joint on the steering shaft. What I remember is most other
> connections are via some sort of cable with some slack. A WAG makes me
think
> we could raise the coach at least an inch without much problem.
> Disagreements are welcome
>
> Scott Fan-tastic
> Vents
>
>
