Monday, Oct 5
I went to Hayletts, the RV place to check on the status of our axles. Once again I was told that they would call the manufacturer and let me know. I was again told that they can't get information from the manufacturer. Hayletts did not call me back. While at Hayletts I asked for the specifics on what they found when they looked at my axles. I found out that there was nothing wrong with the axles/spindles that could not be repaired with new bearing races, brake backer plate assemblies, hubs and bearings. They had recommended replacing the axles because it was actually less labor hours to replace the entire axles than replacing hub assemblies.
I did see something interesting during my walk this morning.
Tuesday, Oct 6
We went out Mom's in the morning and did some tree trimming.
I did some checking online and found out I could order hub assemblies from etrailer.com and have them expressed shipped to me by Thursday. With that information I went to Gander RV, also here in Coldwater, and asked them about deliveries on hub assemblies. The Parts guy said he thought he could get them in a week. He had no idea how long it would take to get axles. I asked the Service Department about an appointment and was told that the first opening was some time during the first week of November.
Then it was on to Hayletts. They said they could not get the axle mfg to return their calls. I told them I needed a hard date. I told them I could order hub assemblies from etrailer and have them in my hands by Thursday, and that since I had already changed one in a Love's parking lot I could change the others and be on the road by Friday. One of the Parts guys tried calling the axle mfg while I was standing there. He was told they would have to call him back. He said they had been told that yesterday but no one had called them back. He went and got the Service/Parts Manager, Dusteny. She got on the phone and told them she needed an answer. When they told here they had to call her back she asked to talk to their manager. She was told the manager was in a meeting, she said that meant he didn't want to talk to her and that was not acceptable. She finally ended the call after being assured that she would get a return call. She apologized and told me that she would call them every 45 minutes until she got an answer, and that she would keep me informed of her progress. I asked her how much it would cost me to cancel the order. She said she would check and let me know. She called me back before they closed and told me she still didn't have an answer. She also told me that she had told me that she told them that if the axles were not delivered by Thursday she didn't want them. (After watching Dusteny in action she reminded me of a junk yard dog who had just been told, "Sic em.".)
Wednesday, Oct 7
Received a call from Dusteny first thing this morning. The axles are supposed to be delivered today. I got another call around 11 AM to tell me that the axles had been delivered and everything appeared to be in order. I have a 9AM appointment tomorrow morning to have them installed. HALLALULAH!!
We went out to Mom's today. Kathy helped Mom with some house cleaning while I loaded the branches we had cut down yesterday into one of David's trailers and hauled them back to the woods. Kathy took out some vegetable soup and some onion soup for our lunch.
In the afternoon we went back over to the Amish grocery store in Bronson and picked up some more ice cream bars, to take home. Kathy bought 5 more boxes, some should make it all the way back to Centertown.
God is good, may He bless you and yours.
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