I began my GMC ownership about 5 or 6 years ago, picking up my coach in the Shuswap area of BC, where I'd fitted all new tires for the trip home to Vancouver Island.
I'm an experienced driver, growing up in my dad's trucking business getting my Class1 at 18 and for a while teaching people to drive semis in London UK. Even so, keeping the coach in a straight line for hundreds of miles through mountain passes on a rainy early March night was a real challenge. I couldn't relax for one second as the coach veered one way or another incessantly. Bit of a nightmare, so you can imagine the buyer's remorse flowing freely.
So naturally, the first priority at home base was to get the steering issues fixed.
I started with the steering shaft, clocking it correctly and replacing the boot. Over time, I centered the steering box, adjusted the torsion bars bringing the coach to spec height and did a laser alignment. Also set rear running height to the specs in the manual. All of these adjustments helped the problem, so over the past 5 or 6 years I've been able to go camping, but the coach still had a mind of its own especially at highway speeds or downhill, where I still had to do quite a bit of correcting.
No matter how snug (not fully snug; if no play driving becomes dangerous/impossible!) the steering box adjuster there seems to be no way to get the coach to track properly.
So yesterday, regrettably, I sold my coach. I gave up trying to remedy the problem. The new owner took it for a test drive and although loved everything about the coach, found the steering to be so "off" that he was skeptical about making a commitment, but his wife convinced him to take it on.
Thanks to all the members here that helped my maintain my coach, systems, Onan and all aspects of ownership.
All the best
Larry
I'm an experienced driver, growing up in my dad's trucking business getting my Class1 at 18 and for a while teaching people to drive semis in London UK. Even so, keeping the coach in a straight line for hundreds of miles through mountain passes on a rainy early March night was a real challenge. I couldn't relax for one second as the coach veered one way or another incessantly. Bit of a nightmare, so you can imagine the buyer's remorse flowing freely.
So naturally, the first priority at home base was to get the steering issues fixed.
I started with the steering shaft, clocking it correctly and replacing the boot. Over time, I centered the steering box, adjusted the torsion bars bringing the coach to spec height and did a laser alignment. Also set rear running height to the specs in the manual. All of these adjustments helped the problem, so over the past 5 or 6 years I've been able to go camping, but the coach still had a mind of its own especially at highway speeds or downhill, where I still had to do quite a bit of correcting.
No matter how snug (not fully snug; if no play driving becomes dangerous/impossible!) the steering box adjuster there seems to be no way to get the coach to track properly.
So yesterday, regrettably, I sold my coach. I gave up trying to remedy the problem. The new owner took it for a test drive and although loved everything about the coach, found the steering to be so "off" that he was skeptical about making a commitment, but his wife convinced him to take it on.
Thanks to all the members here that helped my maintain my coach, systems, Onan and all aspects of ownership.
All the best
Larry
