How Overloading Affects Your Rv And Tires; How To Change A Tire; Wheel Bearings - venture SPORT TREK Owner's Manual

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How Overloading Affects Your RV and Tires

The results of overloading can have serious consequences for passenger
safety. Too much weight on your vehicle's suspension system can cause
spring, shock absorber, brake failure, handling or steering problems,
irregular tire wear, tire failure or other damage.
An overloaded vehicle is hard to drive, control, and stop, especially when
going down a hill or mountains.
Excessive loads and/or under inflation cause tire overloading and, as a
result, abnormal tire flexing occurs.
excessive amount of heat within the tire and brakes. Excessive heat may
lead to tire failure.
It is the air pressure that enables a tire to support the load, so proper
inflation is critical. Since RVs can be configured and loaded in many
ways, air pressures must be determined from actual loads (determined
by weighing) and taken from the load and inflation tables provided by the
tire manufacturer. However, they should never exceed the tire limitation
for load or air pressure. If you discover that you are overloaded, you
MUST remove weight to stay with in specifications and limits.
Note: Tires are warranted by the manufacturer of their respective brand
and are to be serviced and warranted by a service center. Contact your
dealer for information on service centers for tires.

How to Change a Tire

1. Place blocking under the main rail of frame with hydraulic jack
on top of blocking in front of spring hanger, ALWAYS on main
rail.
2. Break lug nuts loose before raising coach. DO NOT remove
nuts.
3. Raise coach with jack until tire is off the ground.
4. Place additional blocking under frame for security support. DO
NOT depend on the jack only.
5. Be sure coach is solid and will not move with tire and wheel off.
6. Remove lug nuts when tire is off the ground.
7. Place spare tire and wheel onto hub.
8. Reinstall lug nuts and tighten firmly.
9. Drop tire and wheel onto ground after removing supports.
10. Now tighten lug nuts fully at 90 to 100 foot pounds.
11. Place all equipment into coach or tow vehicle.
12. Re-torque wheel after traveling 100 miles.

Wheel Bearings

All wheel bearings are pre-lubricated during assembly of axle and brakes.
This situation can generate an
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