The good news is that I'm parked right next to a well-recommended repair shop. So a few hundred dollars later... ok, ok... 20 hundreds later, it's all good... The repairs were finished late yesterday afternoon... so... instead of driving down to the truck stop in OR I planned on spending the weekend at thru rush hour traffic I waited until this morning.
So I leave... and got an email. My truck inspection is due mid-week (the 29th), so I decide I'll get it done today. Make appointment and all is well. Get in the shop in a hurry, 1st truck in line... tell the mechanic that before he starts the inspection to double check my right front brake, as it seems "sluggish". No problem... so... he lifts the hood, telling me to get in the truck and he'll check it for proper operation (air brakes require the brake pedal be pressed to check the "slack adjuster". Before he tells me to press the pedal, he hollers up for me to "...nevermind, found the problem." Leaky wheel seal, brakes shoes are soaked in wheel oil. Bad, but not very... new seal, shoes and a cleanup, I'll be good to go.
Until he tears the wheel down... removed the bearings and checks for fit on the new bearings... as the old ones are pretty chewed up... Spindle is out of spec, and has been allowing the bearing race to turn... not good at all... repairs could mean a new spindle... $1,000, plus bearings, seal and labor... alignment, etc. You know... I think something like this should still be under warranty... I mean really, the truck only has 2 million miles on it!
So, the truck is out of commission... and I'm back in the motel.
And... although my "cool-pad" for the laptop has a broken fan blade and vibrates somethin' fierce, but for some reason... I just don't think it falls in the same category!
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