New 178 R-Pod Owner - Event Date: 08 Apr 2014 |
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offwego
Newbie Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: San Diego, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Calendar Event: New 178 R-Pod Owner Posted: 04 Aug 2014 at 11:42pm |
Greetings from San Diego. My husband and I just purchased a 2015 178 R-Pod. Looking forward to being part of the forum. Has anyone out there had smoking brakes on R-Pod while braking?
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wildfire305
Groupie Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: Erlanger, KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 85 |
Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 6:41am |
Welcome to the forum from KY.
You may need to adjust the intensity of your brake controller. It sounds too high. I suppose there could be a very small amount of smoke from breaking in new parts if it's new but that should go away after the first 50 miles. This video might help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCKveEGHVgY
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2005 Dodge Durango 4.7 V8
OLD Tow Vehicle 2004 Honda Odyssey 2015 RP179 "73b" OLD 2005 Viking Saga 2480ST popup |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 6:57am |
Welcome to the group!! Try .17 on the break controller....might help.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 12:42pm |
Depends on the brake controller. On my Prodigy it is around 6.2.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 1:38pm |
Our's is a Reese Brakeman ultra
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Marx
Senior Member Joined: 18 Jul 2014 Location: Charleston Online Status: Offline Posts: 103 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2014 at 6:04am |
Welcome aboard!
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2014 R-POD 177
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kylekai
Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2014 Location: San Diego Online Status: Offline Posts: 139 |
Posted: 07 Aug 2014 at 9:22pm |
Where did you purchase your R-Pod? I live in San Diego also and looking for a new R-Pod. Any dealer recommendations? Thanks!
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Kate & Dave
Newbie Joined: 13 Jul 2014 Location: Ohio Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 09 Aug 2014 at 11:50pm |
Welcome to the group! We just recently purchased our 2015 178 as well. No issues with the brakes smoking, ours is set on 6.2 as well.
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Kate & Dave
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offwego
Newbie Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: San Diego, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2014 at 12:31am |
Thank you all for the warm welcome and the help with the brakes. We went and adjusted the brake control (from 6.5 down to 1.5) and that seems to have done the trick. No more smoking brakes.
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bearskier
Newbie Joined: 14 Aug 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Posted: 14 Aug 2014 at 12:17pm |
Hello everyone, Bought a new 2014 178 4 weeks ago and used it on a trip to Colorado. The slideout stopped and the micro/convection oven stopped working. Took it back to the dealer and it has been there for 3.5 weeks now waiting for parts from Forest River. The dealer just received the slide out gear bix replacement and they say they are still waiting for micro. I explained to them that the type of micro in my pod was discontinued due to the company making them went bankrupt. So really frustrated that Forest River is taking so long to send replacement parts. The trailer still has paper plates on it.
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