Posted by Gloria
Last night while enjoying the evening sitting outside the RV, Richard noticed some oil had splashed onto the rear passenger side wheel. Upon further investigation we discovered a pool of oil cradled in the wheel. Needless to say we had many concerns about where the oil had come from. We were pretty bummed wondering if we should continue on our journey, head for home etc. The campground advertised a couple of mobile RV repair services so we were considering calling them in the morning. I wondered if Richard would sleep at all. This morning we decided to call a truck stop in La Pine and found out they are so new that they haven't established a repair business yet but gave Richard the number of someone who may be able to help us. Richard called at 7:30 and the guy said he could see us in 30 minutes, Richard looked up the directions and we scrambled to put everything away and hit the road. I followed Richard in the Suzuki in case we had to leave the RV (our home). We found the place with no problem and upon arrival we were greeted by Merlin who was very friendly but looked like something out of Deliverance. Richard and I both looked at each other like yikes! We had considered leaving the RV and going to breakfast but changed our minds. Merlin had two helpers that were also very friendly but didn't have many teeth and were never without a cigarette. As it turns out they knew what they were doing; they diagnosed it as a bad gasket and sure enough, once they got the wheel off, the gasket was bad. They replaced it with silicone gasket material and put it back together. Richard asked how much the bill was and they charged us $60.00 and we were on our way, we were only there an hour. What a relief it was to have it fixed in such a short time and minimal cost.
Last night while enjoying the evening sitting outside the RV, Richard noticed some oil had splashed onto the rear passenger side wheel. Upon further investigation we discovered a pool of oil cradled in the wheel. Needless to say we had many concerns about where the oil had come from. We were pretty bummed wondering if we should continue on our journey, head for home etc. The campground advertised a couple of mobile RV repair services so we were considering calling them in the morning. I wondered if Richard would sleep at all. This morning we decided to call a truck stop in La Pine and found out they are so new that they haven't established a repair business yet but gave Richard the number of someone who may be able to help us. Richard called at 7:30 and the guy said he could see us in 30 minutes, Richard looked up the directions and we scrambled to put everything away and hit the road. I followed Richard in the Suzuki in case we had to leave the RV (our home). We found the place with no problem and upon arrival we were greeted by Merlin who was very friendly but looked like something out of Deliverance. Richard and I both looked at each other like yikes! We had considered leaving the RV and going to breakfast but changed our minds. Merlin had two helpers that were also very friendly but didn't have many teeth and were never without a cigarette. As it turns out they knew what they were doing; they diagnosed it as a bad gasket and sure enough, once they got the wheel off, the gasket was bad. They replaced it with silicone gasket material and put it back together. Richard asked how much the bill was and they charged us $60.00 and we were on our way, we were only there an hour. What a relief it was to have it fixed in such a short time and minimal cost.
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