Posted by wisbaker on July 01, 2012 at 16:06:07 from (207.118.143.36):
In Reply to: OT Road Trip Update posted by John T on July 01, 2012 at 14:09:12:
Airstreams are cantankerous to work on. Access to components is awful and they used a lot of parts that are Airstream only. Airstream parts- you only though Mother Deere charged a lot. I worked a a former Holiday Rambler Dealer we "don't work on Airstreams" any time during the season, couldn't afford to have the bays or mechanics tied up, we would consider it during the winter when we were starving. I like the way they look and the parts were expensive but fairly well built it's just a PITA to work on. Example most travel trailer to change a wheel or service the bearings you put a jack under the axle, do that with an Airstream and you can't get the tire out of the well. You have to jack the trailer up by the axle find a place to put a stand under it and then let the axle down to get the wheel/tire out. IIRC jacking on the frame was difficult because with the belly pan it was hard to determine where the frame was.
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