My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

Not a lot to update other than a lot of packages showed up today, and the rest will be here Monday. New air bags, shocks, torque rods, leveling valve, hopefully enough air tubing to do everything, & new brake cans all around - I looked into Lifeseal, but I decided to go with MGM brand. There's only spring chambers on the front drive, and I was going to add them to the rear axle, but I figured what the heck, it's easier to get to everything on the side of the road like it is. A little bit of "needed" chrome, er stainless, roof wraps to cover the fairing mount holes, battery box skins, and a front bumper.

I'll have to do some homework on brake shoes, descriptions like "value" and "premium" don't tell me much, but still need to pull hubs and at minimum replace wheel seals, and the back driveshaft still needs to go for new u-joints, and a balance.

Fifth wheel is a Jost, and I was just about ready to order the whole assembly, but figured I'd wait to see if there's any other surprises I need to deal with first, but by the time I fight the pins out, replace the top plate, sandblast and paint the slider, I'd probably be further ahead to just swap it out for new.

Hopefully I can get the rear frame stripped and painted this weekend? Probably not, but wishful thinking. This project would go so much faster if I didn't have to work a full time job in the same space.

Started looking at tires, and priced out Hankook D11 drives @ $349.95 including FET. For that price, I think I'll give up on a matching set of Ecopias. I do think I'll go with Michelin steers, unless someone has had a good experience with Hankooks?

Time keeps ticking, and a December roll out isn't looking too promising.