Good Sam Club ...

 

Originally posted by Footslogger03 We have AAA but not for the camper. Heard that they don't/won't send 2 tow vehicles if you break down   ...so you have to leave one piece of your rig along side the road ?

Good question, I haven't checked that out, I always figured I would leave the Pod and just tow the TV.

Footslogger03: Lippert Axle Hub specs.
These are the specs I used to order from 'Storefront': I am assuming that the hubs are still the same from my 2010 Pod to 2011-12.  I believe that the 3000lbs references each hub not the total weight of the Pod.

Lippert Axle: #201327
S# 045-000975298
GAWR 3000 lbs/06-09

You must use an Extreme Pressure Grease...it has a unbelievably high pore point temperature.
Most auto parts dealers don't even know about such an extreme pressure grease or can't order it.
This I know from experience, spending most of a day going from auto parts dealer to dealer.
I finally drove a longer distance to the closest RV dealer, they had it in stock...no problem.

Mobilgrease HP/Exxon-Ronex MP/Kendall L-427/Valvoline Val-Plex (#615)/ or Pennzoil 707L.

If any other Pod owner has ordered a replacement hub...and the specs have changed...please respond to this thread.

Can someone please clarify what is included in "spare hub"?  Is it a brake drum with / without seals & spare bearings?  Do we get that from Forest River?  What's the cost?  Many thanks.

I think that the spare hub cost me about $50 plus a very small shipping fee.  The hub does not take up much room nor is very heavy, I didn't buy a spare brake assembly or drum.  I tow with a full sized pickup so I figured if the hub and brake went out...I could at least limp home with the new hub installed and no brake on that side.
The hub is just unusual enough that it would be just my luck to be out in the middle of Montana, and it would take days to get a new hub shipped out.  The Pod is small enough that I could dissemble the old hub/brake assembly and put in the new hub if I had to.

As for Good Sam, when my transmission blew out on my RV, they 'held my hand' at every point.  They arranged for a huge tow truck to bring me in to the transmission shop. They even called the shop to make sure we had arrived, the tow took several hours. 

Originally posted by philstat We just signed up for GS and dropped AAA. I like the idea of both vehicles being towed rather than just the tv. Also, the odds of something happening to the tv are greater than to the pod; GS says they will take the tv to be repaired, and tow the pod to the nearest campground free of charge. Hard to beat. All that being said, I hope we don't need to use the service! Phil & Cindy R 177

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Had an unfortunate experience with GS a while back. Our old pick-up out in front of the house had a flat tire. I have a heart condition and between the bad weather and difficult parking angle I decided to call for roadside assistance. Reached in my wallet and called GS. The rep explained that they could not send an assist vehicle because our truck was "too close to our house". Never remember reading that in the small print of the GS aggreement. Next step was even more ironic. We also had AAA back then so I called and asked for help. The AAA account was in my wife's name and according to the AAA rep, SHE had to call in person to request the service. I tried to disguise my voice but it didn't work and my wife was in a meeting and could not be reached by phone.

Long story short - - AAA came to the rescue and repaired the tire. In the meantime, GS must have been monitoring their service calls because within a few days I got a call from the Regional Vice President !! He apologized and said that they had some new Customer Service reps and what I had been told was incorrect and that GS should in fact have responded to my call. In order to make up for their blunder, the VP offered me one full year of GS coverage at NO COST !

So, we now have both and aren't quite sure which one we'll keep and which one we'll cancel ?????

MJ