Dragon Run 11-19-05

[EricG]

The slight vibration/buzz I had today at the dragon got worse on the drive back to Johnson City. As I suspected, the front left wheel bearing is going bad. I jacked up the front end and spun both wheels. The right side spun freely and silently; however, the left side ground to a stop very quickly.

[rs4pro3]

well that sucks, at least they aren't to hard to change out in an afternoon.

[RobertK]

I actually ran into the guy that drives this eta at the Walker Spring Wal-Mart yesterday.



Unfortunately I'm terrible at remembering names but he had a pretty nice car. He mentioned that he ran the Dragon when I mentioned r3vlimited.com. One of you slackers should have let me hitch a ride.

[rs4pro3]

That would be Chris K. he is a student at UTK. I would of given you a ride but didn't have any more free seats(unless you wanted to climb in threw the jungle gym and not have a seat belt.(I removed all the rear belts since I didn't think any body would be sitting back there with the bar in).
You realy didn't miss much it was a pretty mild drive compared to most. Probally in January I'll try to get another drive together to run the road.

[rs4pro3]

Here is some of the video taken from my car on the Dragon

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=456996484099617422&q=%22Dragon+Drive%22+playable%3Atrue

[Dave]

cruise cam setup worked nicely. What the heck is that noise in the background? Sounds like papers rattling around.

[rs4pro3]

Just creeks and what not from the chassis, with the roll bar, front and rear strut tower braces and stiff springs it makes quit a few noises, I'm supprised you couldn't here the shifter ever, it's notchy and makes a nice clunk when engaging the gears.