Heading out from quartzsite the other day... [ride height valve failure]
And on I-10 East. About 50 miles east of Q I noticed the coach wasn't driving quite right and at the same time somebody was motioning me to pull over and as I pulled the window open they said you're on fire! Well that's not a good thing I thought.
Pulled over on the side of the road and got the fire extinguisher ran out and found that the passenger side rear wheels were on the wheel well and that's what the smoke was about. My first thought was the HWH computer but I know I got that repaired recently on further inspection I found the linkage to the rear ride height valve and dry rotted and broke on a big pothole I guess. I ten not a very good road in that section of arizona.
Easy fix I thought but getting the screwdriver out on the roadside was not as much fun. Don't these drivers know they're supposed to pull over to the left side when you're pulled over on the right? Yeah no they don't. Anyway 10 minutes later I was back on the road. Tire looks okay minus a little bit of rubber.
Of course the rest of the day I was driving with White knuckles thinking what else is going to happen. But it was fine and the next day was windy like crazy. Now I'm in New Mexico and enjoying every bit of the drive up on US 70. Highly recommend the route.
Yeah if you have an older coach you might want to look at those rubber connectors on the right height valves. Mine was dry rotted.
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