The chassis inspection at the Spartan service center in Charlotte, MI turned up a few things that demanded attention. The suspension air springs needed to be replaced due to "weather checking". I knew the checking was there - it was there when we bought the coach more than seven years ago. I figured we had pushed our luck far enough and we sure did not want to have one fail driving down the road. They also found an oil seal leaking that ruined the left rear brakes. New brakes were pricey, but on a 32,000-pound vehicle you can't ignore something that important, so they were added to the work order. It was going to take all day, so we decided to visit Lansing rather than sit in the waiting room.
This was our second visit to Lansing, but our first tour of the Michigan Capitol (two years ago we had not decided, as a goal, to visit every state capitol building). Our first impression was not great (see the last picture below), but I think the inside more than made up for any initial disappointment. The "over the top" architectural detail and dramatic lighting in the four-story rotunda made us say "wow"!
I'm sure the capitol's exterior will impress visitors when its facelift is complete, but we will just have to see it another time.
We arrived back in Charlotte just before the coach was finished. Chris, the service manager, could not finalize our tab without the technician's hours, so he asked if we could take care of it in the morning. I thought it should be free if he could not account for the labor, but he didn't see it that way. We were in no hurry, so we spent another free night at Camp Spartan.
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