Steerig Head

[MrRiden]

Whew, werk week over!
Yea Bob, It was on the first and second big sweeper. Hit the first at... um...well I'll plead the fifth cuz I'm not sure what felony speeding is here but as I said I did get off the gas abruptly. There was a fatal accident to view on the return trip so I won't be so callous net time I go for the 'flying saucer' breakfast. This is a really nice / dangerous road. I've got some automotive issues with the pink haired töchter car but I'll give a shout when I get down to the bearings.
rich

[Bob_Roller]

Rich,
The posted speed limit is 55 mph, and I normally do 65 mph with no problems at all.
One of the biggest problems is the drivers of cages, I have been passed by vehicles doing approximately 40-60 mph faster than I was doing.
A lot of those vehicles were towing trailers with off road vehicles on them, and motorhomes with trailers.
It's a common 'by-pass' to get to the Imperial sand dune area just west of Yuma.
Also becoming a well known short cut to San Diego. Knocks about 75 miles off of the I-10 to I-8 route.
The road opened in late October '99, and for the first 2-3 years, you saw more cattle than vehicles.


Just give me a shout when you do the bearings.

[suecanada]

Just a quick aside to the road discussion....when I did the cleaning and lubing of LRB's steering head bearings, I knew they needed something done as I wobbled literally around corners and I can see now that if I had ever entered a corner too hot, it would likely as not caused a tank slapper!  The only thing I knew was that the steering was stiff and it got stiff suddenly. A little perplexing Rich as you say your steering is not stiff?? Hmmmm. Can't hurt to clean 'em up though that's for sure.