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Intregue steering

Yahoo Message Number: 20475
Recent new owners of a '01 Intregue 36 and wondered if any other owners have solved the slight wondering in the steering? If so, how was it done? No shimmy, just a tendency to not track without continuous adjustment. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks, Blair in Oregon

Intregue steering

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Yahoo Message Number: 20476
Recent new owners of a '01 Intregue 36 and wondered if any other owners have solved the slight wondering in the steering? If so, how was it done? No shimmy, just a tendency to not track without continuous adjustment. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks, Blair in Oregon

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Yahoo Message Number: 20477
what tires, and tire pressure? my 36 tracked horribly, until I had someone that knew what they were doing, perform a laser 4 wheel alignment, it drives like a dream now.

Jim 10996

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Yahoo Message Number: 20479
Quote from: oregonrancher
> > Recent new owners of a '01 Intregue 36 and wondered if any other > owners have solved the slight wondering in the steering? If so, how > was it done? No shimmy, just a tendency to not track without > continuous adjustment. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks, Blair in Oregon
In my case tire pressure made a big difference. The owner that i bought it from kept the pressure very low (90lb) after i raised it up to the placard (120 front & 105 rear) it was a different coach. I didn't notice any differance in ride just handling

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Yahoo Message Number: 20480
This is an interesting subject. I have never had a wandering problem but have also not been willing to make the effort to weigh all 4 corners on a scale to try to determine what pressure I should be running. This may be overly simplistic but my coach sticker below the shift console recommends 125# - seems awfully high and of course higher pressures tend to transmit roughness in roads more. This is cold pressure - I have to trick my Sears compressor into going about 10# beyond factory pre set max to obtain this pressure (also a dumb move). Drive to a truck stop - how are you going to get cold pressure? Any simple thoughts on this subject would be appreciated. I've read a bunch of scientific formula, pressure to weight articles in motor home mags and just can't be that anal retentive. If I just knew the correct pressure for even tread wear without overheating I'd have it aced.

Bojangles5169

'98 Intrigue 40' - no slides
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Yahoo Message Number: 20504
I had a 98 36' Allure and when I attended rallys in 99, 2000 etc I used to talk to owners at the seminars. I heard a few owners having trouble with front weight on the tires and we all got those 120 lb tire pressure telegrams. We all came to the conclusion of putting 275R80's on the coaches. The factory insisted on 40' coaches, it was optional on 36' Intrigues and Allures. They give a better ride at the same or lower pressure and an added safety margin. The coaches of that period had a single ride height valve on the rear and two in the front. The factory had us change to one in front and two in the rear at their cost. Because a single front tire could not handle the dynamic forces that tend to make the coach want to roll on the lengthwise axis, while going down the road. And if you had a front slide, they could transfer some of the extra weght on the left front tire to the rear duals. As I remember coaches without slides had 10R's if they were Allures and 11R,s if they were Intrigues. And at that time they were not a H rated tire. So when slides were added they (CC) changed tires to 275R70. When I spoke to Dennis Wassenburger, VP of Consumer affairs, and a Magna owner, he arranged for my front tires to be replaced a second time and I replaced the rears with 275R80s.
Tire pressure: I measure the tire pressure in the morning and note which tires are low and by how much. i.e. left rear -5lbs for example. Then when I get to my favorite tire place, I remeasure, the same tire and add 5lbs I had the coach weighed and added 5 lbs extra in front and 10lbs extra in the rear to give the feeling of stability I wanted. The new coach has 7lbs extra in the front and 15 lbs in the rear. Even though it has a tag axle, And I don't need the rear pressure for stability or load, it just feels better two me. And lastly, you probably won't wear your tires out in 5 years, if slightly over inflated and then it will be time to replace them anyway.
Do you have a smart tire system? I think the system is a great investment for tire safety and your safety. The new system allows you to monitor your followbehind vehicle at the same time which is really important to you and those other on the road around you!!!!!!!!!! TWI 2004 Intrigue 42'.

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Yahoo Message Number: 20526
We, too, felt the coach wandered a lot, until someone here mentioned tire pressures as the culprit. 'In those days" they were recommending weighing the coach, and adjusting the pressures to the weight. Rig has handled perfectly since then....in spite of what they are telling us now about "correct tire pressure"...
Jan McNeill

2001 Intrigue 11320 (40')
 

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Yahoo Message Number: 20527
The tire pressures listed on the label in the coach are based on the vehicle maximum axle weights. If you are consistently running less weight you can in theory run less tire pressure. The manufacturer lists the tire pressures for the maximum certified weights, in other words this is the tire pressure needed to carry the maximum certified weight. If you are running less weight you can reduce tire pressure accordingly, but does 5 PSI lower really improve the ride that much?

Mikee