Cruiser Guy NEEDS HELP!!!

[Mark W]

Hi all,

I apologize in advance for cross posting, but I want to make sure that this gets seen ASAP.

I'm sending this to a couple of different mailing lists and internet forums. If you can help, or you know someone who might be able to, contact Me ASAP at this... email cruiser@mtaonline.net ...or at (907) 373-3789. Or contact Jim direct on his cel at (612) 916-1765.


All of you on a couple of these lists and most of you on the rest know Jim Van De Ven. Him and his wife Deb are currently working their way back home (Minnnestoa) from the Alaska Cruiser Trek. I just got off the phone with him. His FZJ80 suffered a front wheel bearing failure at 75 mph on the highway between Seattle and Spokane. He is sitting in a town called Ritzville right now in need of a front spindle and hub assembly. Wheel bearings too of course.

Jim can handle wrenching duties and I'm sure he has the needed tools. But he needs PARTS!!!

If you can help or can suggest someone who can let me know ASAP.

THANKS,


Mark...

 

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[Mikesta]

I have a wheel bearing and spindle sitting in my garage here in seattle... Haven't checked email till today... so probably a day late

 

[Mark W]

Just talked to Jim a few minutes ago. We thought that we had located a hub/spindle set fairly close to him, but it didn't work out. I was on my way to FedX to send him a set I came up with here. He was putting the rig back together when we spoke. He had found wheel bearings at NAPA . He dresses the spindle with a file to fit the bearing over it. He put about 20 good deep punch marks in the face of the hub where the outer race seats. This and some "green" locktite (designed to secure bearings in loose bores and things like that) will hopefully provide enough "gription" to keep the outer race from trying to spin before they make it the rest of the way home.

We received an offer of a truck and trailer out of Montana (Thanks Lynda!) so I guess if he can't get the rig home, there is still a backup... Or I can Fed X the parts to the next town that the wheel fails in...

But it looks like things are under control now.

Jim has asked that I pass along his thanks for the immediate offers of help that came flooding in.

Everyone has my thanks as well.


Mark...