Semi truck tread got me!

[youroo]

A Big truck recap tire broke off my front LCI stabilzing motor.It broke off right at the transmission. If any one has a good motor & transmission for the LCI unit send me a PM. Youroo!!

[donanddona]

Arizona Rv..... Biggest used parts yard... have pics to send...

[donanddona]

I can't find one either. Local RV says he can't order special parts. Phoenix RV says send them a pic. I was able to put the gears back into the housing and the electric motor as well. And yes it still works.

[donanddona]

Arizona RV salvage
2737 West Lincoln Street Phoenix, AZ 85009
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[B47]

Originally Posted by youroo

A Big truck recap tire broke off my front LCI stabilzing motor.It broke off right at the transmission. If any one has a good motor & transmission for the LCI unit send me a PM. Youroo!!

I never had a Semi recap piece hit my vehicle, but when I see pieces of them on the highway I once again vow to never drive at night on an open highway.

Some of those pieces are sizeable and being black, they can be very hard to see at night until you are right in front of them. I can only imagine what one of those pieces can do to your front end assembly, transmission. engine oil pan, etc. if you hit one at highway speed.

Sometimes they can be difficult to avoid even in daylight as they suddently appear as you top a hill or come upon a curve.

[youroo]

First there is NO motor to wire back on,second we were NOT driving at night,third we were boxed in a lane between big trucks (Blamo there is the Recap) cant stop,cant swerve. All of the PAST info leads one to believe that a Complete stabilizer assy must be purchased. Lazy Days here in Tucson,AZ. had a part # for JUST the motor & gearbox assy. Had it flown in from F/R to here,(Lazy Days Campground). Youroo!!

[wmtire]

I have read in other forums that the motor on these Lipperts is a Klauber C800...but you may have a hard time getting Klauber to sell you one, as it is not listed on their website.

There is someone on ebay selling them for $375 (maybe Lippert themselves LOL)

Lippert Components Replacement Electric Stabilizer Motor Klauber C-800 | eBay

If anyone here does come up with another brand drop-in replacement....please let us know.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by youroo

First there is NO motor to wire back on,second we were NOT driving at night,third we were boxed in a lane between big trucks (Blamo there is the Recap) cant stop,cant swerve. All of the PAST info leads one to believe that a Complete stabilizer assy must be purchased. Lazy Days here in Tucson,AZ. had a part # for JUST the motor & gearbox assy. Had it flown in from F/R to here,(Lazy Days Campground). Youroo!!

Now you need to fabricate a "Scattershield" to protect it. I just might design one. Had never thought about it until you posted your mishap.

[wmtire]

I found this on rv.net, where someone said they got the motor from Klauber:

RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Tech Issues: rear stabilizer motor

[ScottnKimmer]

Boy we know how this feels.

On the way home with our Wildwood Toyhauler when it was brand spanking new we had a mishap similar to this. We were in a construction zone and it was one of those two lane sections where all truck and trailer traffic must use the left lane so we were right behind a line of semi's. The road jogged to the right and one of the trucks ahead of us clipped one of those orange construction barrels. It came out the back of his truck and under the truck just in front of us. It went all down the left side tires of the semi in front of us and with no where to go it went under our truck and then our brand new trailer. I was so frustrated I was just waiting for a tire to go flat. I was sure there was going to be extensive damage to both units. I was half expecting to see bumper debris hanging from the front of the truck when I stopped. Being in a construction zone there was no where to pull off unless I went thru the barrels to get over so I just continued and waited and calmed down. No tires went flat and when we did get a chance to pull off the highway safely I discovered that there was only a small scratch on the left front bumper and aprox 9 small dents in the diamond plate shield on the left front of the trailer. It looks like someone hit it with a small hammer. No other damage was ever found and all in all it was a minor issue but boy was I upset about it when it happened. Something about a brand new vehicle that should get many miles on it before it gets damaged.

[B47]

Originally Posted by youroo

First there is NO motor to wire back on,second we were NOT driving at night,third we were boxed in a lane between big trucks (Blamo there is the Recap) cant stop,cant swerve. All of the PAST info leads one to believe that a Complete stabilizer assy must be purchased. Lazy Days here in Tucson,AZ. had a part # for JUST the motor & gearbox assy. Had it flown in from F/R to here,(Lazy Days Campground). Youroo!!

youroo -if you are referring to my reply where I say I don't drive at night, I was not saying you were driving at night, etc.

I am sorry that you suffered this damage and from what you say here that you didn't say in your first post, it appears that you were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[trudinator]

A few years ago, we were traveling the interstate in a car. From out of nowhere came a HUGE chunk of tire, flying through the air. There was no where to go at 70+ mph with traffic on both sides of you. The tire hit the hood and then the windshield and finally bounced over the top of the car. Thankfully, the windshield didn't break, but it left a huge dent in the hood. We were all scared s***less and really didn't think about where the tire went after it hit us. Sometimes you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[h20ski]

I was on I65 a couple of years ago going thru a construction Zone, you know the one with the concret dividers on both sides and narrow lane pulling my flagstaf 831RLSS and a large hard shell piece of luggage came off the roof of the SUV in front of me and I had no where to go. Hit it with the front left of my truck and knocked the front end alignment out of wack.

[cstover]

I was attacked by an overhead sign. The ones that tell you the exit. The really big ones. Luckily I was able to swerve and miss it. That would have been bad.

[bakken]

Just last week we were coming back from a trip out east, heading into a wicked wind. There was an older pickup in front of us, about a quarter mile. All of a sudden, I see something black rise up out of his box. Turns out it was the plastic boxliner, the genius didn't bother to fasten it down.
Sure glad I was following my normal procedure of leaving lots of room between me and the idiots that are so common on the road.

As for semi tires, years ago we were heading south on a long trip in our car, at night, and ran over a semi tire cap, the entire tread! We didn't see it until it was too late. Luckily, the old car took it like a champ. If it had been our new car, with all of the wires hanging down for abs and pollution sensors, there probably would have been major issues.

[tentcamper1]

Originally Posted by youroo

First there is NO motor to wire back on,second we were NOT driving at night,third we were boxed in a lane between big trucks (Blamo there is the Recap) cant stop,cant swerve. All of the PAST info leads one to believe that a Complete stabilizer assy must be purchased. Lazy Days here in Tucson,AZ. had a part # for JUST the motor & gearbox assy. Had it flown in from F/R to here,(Lazy Days Campground). Youroo!!

should of called- theres a whole bunch of them down at the factory- could of had one removed and shipped out long before the Amish could catch me....
sorry to hear about that.

[youroo]

Update,new motor,new transmission,new rocker switch,and new step light installed. Still at the Tucson Frog Rally! Youroo!!

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by youroo

Update,new motor,new transmission,new rocker switch,and new step light installed. Still at the Tucson Frog Rally! Youroo!!

That's great news, now you have to figure out how to protect it from happening again with some kind of shield. When I get mine figured out and made, I'll take some pictures.

[youroo]

Prevention helps,but (LUCK) helps a lot of the time ! Youroo!!