Harry,

Since this was the first time I pulled my drives since I bought the coach I was surprised by a few things. First the valve stem extensions. I kicked myself for not pulling them immediately.

The second was the lack of corrosion. The rust you see is the cast hub. The wheels looked great. I have more damage to the aluminum wheels that mount on the front and tag.

I was also happy I did not break any studs. The studs that hold the inner drive wheels are prone to break. When that happens you have to disconnect all bus computers, and then weld a nut on the end of the stud so it can be removed. Over the past 16 or 17 years I have had to weld three of them and a tire shop had to do one.