Aluminum Wheels

[mark2line]

I have a 2008 Tour Master T40A. I bought it from Hart City RV in Elkhart, Indiana. They are out of business. It came with aluminum rims. I thought it came with Alcoa Rims with a coating for easy cleaning. I contacted Alcoa to find out what I should use to clean them and they asked me to look for the numbers stamped on the wheels so they could advise me on what was the best way to clean them. I E-Mailed them the numbers and was told that they were not there wheels. The center hubs all say Alcoa on them, go figure. I had the coach detailed and was told that the wheels are not coated. We just came back from a cross country trip and we lost two of the chrome nut covers and I found out at that time that there were a number of them loose and the center hubs were loose also. I used a rubber hammer to reseat the covers and found that the center hubs were tight when the lug nut covers were tight. I called Alcoa and was told that the covers that I have are the wrong covers. Part #001811. They should be part # 001881, which are a two part screw on cover to hold the center hub tight and a pressure fit to hold the nut cover. I was told that I was lucky I did not loose the center hubs. The replacement nuts wil cost me $3.83 each plus tax and shipping. I need 40 of them. Do these wheels come with the chassie or does Gulf Stream install them. I do not feel I should have to get the right parts, they should have come with the right parts to begin with. Who's responsable?????
Anybody have a similar problem.
Thank You,
mark2line

[Raca-roni]

What kind of a chassis do you have? Maybe a Freightliner? I would first contact Gulf Stream and discuss it with them. most of the times the wheels will come with the chassis from that mfr'r....You can also contact the chassis mfr'r and tell them what coach you have and discuss your issue with them........Good Luck!

[quikduk]

Here are some other possible mfrs.

CONTINENTAL WHEEL COMPANY COMPTON, CA (310) 603-1014

here are some Chinese models. Don't rule these out as some of their mfr. plants are state of the art.

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Yours may be Chinese. They tend to slightly alter some dims or numbers to get around copyright laws.

[mrschwarz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by quikduk Here are some other possible mfrs. CONTINENTAL WHEEL COMPANY COMPTON, CA (310) 603-1014

They may have the best motto I have seen in a long, long time:

. . . it is readily apparent how our motto, "Forging excellence is everything we do," came to be.

Maybe they can copy a Picasso, too.

[AFChap]

The wheels probably are a MH mfg'er order through the chassis mfg'er. If you don't have Alcoa wheels, you are most likely to have Accuride. I originally though I had Alcoa, and have Alcoa valve stem stabilizers that fit perfectly, but eventually realized I have Accuride non-coated wheels.

I have replaced lost plastic nut covers from the bins at Flying J truck stops -- the last one cost me $1.07.