My 195 after a full season of camping

So after a full summer season of camping in my 195, I am mostly happy with it. I did have some issues though. I have it at the dealer being repaired. First, ive mentioned before that the dump tube is to low, 4 1/2 inches from the ground when level. Also my brakes completely sucked, as in they felt like they did nothing, even with 12 volts of power supplied through my P3 brake controller. I had a few more things fixed also, the spray port, and hopefully the awning arm. I have been negotiating with forest river to cover these items, and they atleast have agreed to have a dealer look at it. My dealer agrees the black drain pipe was absolutely set up wrong (I didnt buy from them) and have already fixed it. Even with the fix, I still think the whole camper is to low and i'm going to try to make forest river pay to lift the whole camper 3 - 4 inches, depending on what the lift kit measures. The dealer told me the brakes were not working due to there being cosmoline all over the magnets, and they were never being activated. He said he was blaming lippert for that, and was going to bill them. He also said they used crappy grease in the bearings, and he said it looked liked crap when he looked at the bearings. He cleaned it all out, and put in the "right" grease. On the street side of the camper, he said the grease was in horrible shape there too. He said when he cleaned it out, he saw some scoring he has never seen before. So he replaced the bearing, and packed it with the "right" grease. I will be letting forest river know about this, and expecting they pay the full bill. I'll let ya's know how it goes. 

Yes I am well within my warranty. I bought this camper in June this year (probably a first production run model)

Originally posted by Olddawgsrule Originally posted by mjlrpod Yes I am well within my warranty. I bought this camper in June this year (probably a first production run model) The dealer said they used red grease, that was turning black. He said they have always used green grease (I believe that is marine grease, and weatherproof) and that is what he repacked them with now. He told me the scoring he saw looked like it might have been there from the manufacturer. He said he had never seen scoring like that (which makes sense, since it probably wasn't scoring but a manufacture imperfection). He is pretty knowledgeable about R.V.'s. I looked at other 195's in the area, and they are about 3 inches higher, so I like my chances of getting forest river to go along with it. If not i'll cover it, and i'll never buy another forest river camper. I've been buying one every three to four years, so it would be worth it to them.  The dealer said they used red grease, that was turning black. That's what I use. Red typically is a higher temperature grease (though color can be deceiving). I use a high temp, #2 rated at least GC with a NLGI stamp. If it comes out black, it's done and good that your greasing! The green grease is more of a multi-purpose grease, though still good for our axle bearings, just lower temp grease. I, like you, tend to run for distances, so I check bearings before each outing. I did this when I first brought Lily home and found that they only wiped the bearings. I packed the bearings! Personally, from what I saw, I thought they used a #1 general purpose grease.. Grayish color.. He told me the scoring he saw looked like it might have been there from the manufacturer. Sorry to hear that! That's Lippert and hope you have the same success with them as I did on my frame. And hopefully a little quicker..