The right rear wheel parted company with my new (9,000 miles) diesel truck today.
Mr. 99.... Nice sign, how was the jelly? Pretty Good?
I had a Blood sugar recovery day...too much food, (Carbs), and beer last night! Enjoyed doing nothing, except watching the 49er's win today...and posting pics of halloween.
Heh, heh, I like window shopping. No matter how tempting, I can do without the extra gifts.
Friday afternoon/evening, Saturday, and Sunday: 14 hours of painting for each my spouse and me...
Thank goodness it's almost Tuesday...
Have you figured out how that happened? Some studs broke off then the nuts worked themselves loose...
Good luck. Hope the warranty process will work.
After making the claim you can always write to GM and open a complaint with them. The corporate office deals with complaints and quality issues much differently, and you may have better luck. If you have already gone forward with the repairs ask for the old parts to keep as support for your claims.Unfortunately it didn't. GM says the wheels were removed to install the 5th wheel hitch and they aren't liable for the "improper installation" of the wheels when they were put back on. They can't prove that was the cause of the wheel failure, but I can't prove it wasn't. No amount of calm reasoning on my part regarding the two damaged wheel studs - the rust indicating they had been cracked for some time - will get them to budge.
Rather that get all worked up about it, I decided to report the accident to my insurance company as collision damage (the brake rotor collided with the pavement once the wheel departed). I figure USAA will have better luck going up against GM than I will. I don't think I have anything to gain by getting into a p!ssing match with the service manager since I need them to repair my truck as soon as possible - the replacement wheel, brake rotor, and other components are scheduled for delivery Friday morning and I hope we can be on the road again by Friday evening.
If not, I'll have to put DW on a flight home Saturday as she has a couple of medical appointments early next week that will be tough to reschedule.
Spouse and I are even more anal than anything else about paint jobs, and we've learned that we'd rather do it ourselves than feel obligated to re-do someone else's work.Yeah, we're painting the house, exterior, today. 8 hours of watching the guys work. Feeuuw, can't wait for tomorrow so we, uh they, can start in on the trim.
Yesterday my trio played at the opening of a supermarket. Have we reached the pinnacle of success or what?
The problem was that the bass player forgot about the gig. I'd sent an email and left a message at one of his houses, but he was at the other house. He's usually very dependable, but spaced out this time.
Anyway, I called him from the gig, but he was 1.5 hours away. He jumped in the car, but I had to play the first set without a bass player. It was OK, but the Safeway honcho who had flown in to oversee things didn't seem happy. Just like being a middle manager again.
I also had my backup drummer, who is about 74 and takes out his hearing aids when he plays, so I have to turn to him when I count off, and he often doesn't come in for a few measures.
I was heading over to the next town, there were some signs for fruits etc.. Then I came upon this one:
Studs without nuts? Must bite tongue.
I did my two favorite hikes this weekend. Yesterday I hiked about 16 miles along the Eagle Creek trail in the Columbia River Gorge, it's about 1/2 hour from downtown Portland. The hike has a lot of waterfalls and is an easy grade to hike. It is an amazing hike.
Today I hiked about ten miles in the Silver Falls State Park which is about 1.5 hours SE of Portland. There is a stretch in the hike that has 10 incredible waterfalls; the trail goes behind three of the falls. The last couple of miles is through old growth forest.
The temp. was in the mid 60's and the smell of Fall was in the air.
Unfortunately it didn't. GM says the wheels were removed to install the 5th wheel hitch and they aren't liable for the "improper installation" of the wheels when they were put back on. They can't prove that was the cause of the wheel failure, but I can't prove it wasn't. No amount of calm reasoning on my part regarding the two damaged wheel studs - the rust indicating they had been cracked for some time - will get them to budge.
Rather that get all worked up about it, I decided to report the accident to my insurance company as collision damage (the brake rotor collided with the pavement once the wheel departed). I figure USAA will have better luck going up against GM than I will. I don't think I have anything to gain by getting into a p!ssing match with the service manager since I need them to repair my truck as soon as possible - the replacement wheel, brake rotor, and other components are scheduled for delivery Friday morning and I hope we can be on the road again by Friday evening.
If not, I'll have to put DW on a flight home Saturday as she has a couple of medical appointments early next week that will be tough to reschedule.
GM says the nuts worked themselves loose causing some of the studs to break, and since the wheel was removed to install the hitch, they aren't responsible for the accident. I filed a claim with my insurance company and I'll let them work it out with GM - or not.Have you figured out how that happened? Some studs broke off then the nuts worked themselves loose on the others?? Or did someone forget the nuts?
Nothing else was damaged on the truck or on the trailer I was pulling - not a scratch. Since the wheel vanished (see my OP), I'm on the hook for a replacement wheel and tire in addition to the repairs to the wheel hub and brake assembly. The axle does not appear to be bent but according to the service manager there is no way to be sure until the repairs are done and the truck is test driven.Was anything remaining on the car damaged, or could you must put a new wheel on?
Having grown up in Portland your trips to Eagle Creek and Silver Falls State Park brought back great memories. Spent a lot of time at both...especially camping, hiking and fishing at Eagle Creek. Great place to be a kid who loves the outdoors...or an adult for that matter.