Making progress on a few fronts. Assembled the two tilting pedestals, recording this fascinating video for you. Do yourself a favor, watch it at 2x speed:
Also now trying out tire balance beads, but don't want to see them potentially sucked up the CTIS line. So I installed sintered brass filters at the wheels. They seem to allow pretty good flow but will also prevent beads from "migrating" out of the tire. Given the way the liners isolate the main volume of the tire (where the beads are) from the CTIS line, it seems like this may have been overkill, but there still is the potential for the beads to make their way there- and it'd only take one.
It is a LOT of work- remove the wheel/tire, break it down, remove the brass line, drill it out (7/16" hole for the 1/4" NPT thread), tap the new hole, thread it, re-install, reassemble the wheel/tire, reinstall wheel/tire on truck, but I imagine chasing beads out of the CTIS would be a little more annoying.
Due to the taper of NPT threads, it took a bit of effort to get the filter threaded but it all worked out. I also turned off some of the threads from the filter to reduce its overall length so it's as low profile as possible to get under the bead. It wasn't too bad to get the wheel back in the tire but it may require some additional effort next time the wheel and tire are split apart.
In addition, I have assembled the solar and shore power components onto a fixture and have it prepped for install. At this point I need to wire them up so I can get them into their assigned places. Once that's done, I'll need to get the panels attached to the roof and shore power wired, at which point I will be sufficiently functional.
That's still a few weeks out though. Unfortunately our trip in May got scrubbed, but that does get me more time to tend to other things.
I am checking out a local truck this week with the Eco hubs installed on it. If it's as good as it sounds, there's a set of these in the future for this rig as well. Would be very excited to see how they'd work out with the 3.07 axles.
Also now trying out tire balance beads, but don't want to see them potentially sucked up the CTIS line. So I installed sintered brass filters at the wheels. They seem to allow pretty good flow but will also prevent beads from "migrating" out of the tire. Given the way the liners isolate the main volume of the tire (where the beads are) from the CTIS line, it seems like this may have been overkill, but there still is the potential for the beads to make their way there- and it'd only take one.
It is a LOT of work- remove the wheel/tire, break it down, remove the brass line, drill it out (7/16" hole for the 1/4" NPT thread), tap the new hole, thread it, re-install, reassemble the wheel/tire, reinstall wheel/tire on truck, but I imagine chasing beads out of the CTIS would be a little more annoying.
Due to the taper of NPT threads, it took a bit of effort to get the filter threaded but it all worked out. I also turned off some of the threads from the filter to reduce its overall length so it's as low profile as possible to get under the bead. It wasn't too bad to get the wheel back in the tire but it may require some additional effort next time the wheel and tire are split apart.
In addition, I have assembled the solar and shore power components onto a fixture and have it prepped for install. At this point I need to wire them up so I can get them into their assigned places. Once that's done, I'll need to get the panels attached to the roof and shore power wired, at which point I will be sufficiently functional.
That's still a few weeks out though. Unfortunately our trip in May got scrubbed, but that does get me more time to tend to other things.
I am checking out a local truck this week with the Eco hubs installed on it. If it's as good as it sounds, there's a set of these in the future for this rig as well. Would be very excited to see how they'd work out with the 3.07 axles.
