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Budward
Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Location: SC/NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 438 |
Topic: Brakes are hot... Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 7:51pm |
I know the problem the OP had has hopefully been solved but- When I picked up my 2014 179 I noticed the left and right turn signals were reversed...dealer thought it must be my tow vehicle- I thought not as I have pulled many trailers with it. They brought out a fancy tester box (diagnostic tool) and confirmed the rpod was wired wrong. Tech found the problem where they spliced the 7 way pigtail under the left front corner...left and right wires were reversed somewhere between there and the taillights. He cut the splices flipped the pair and fixed it. I laugh every time I see the blurb on the back of their brochure about their 20,000 square foot quality assurance facility and their "premium" product. |
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Towed by a 2015 Ford Transit Diesel Supervised by a German/Aussie mix and a Labradoodle! |
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rcamper
Newbie Joined: 22 Sep 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16 |
Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 7:14pm |
if under warranty or not have professional take a look at i. i would let them test drive it first t
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gone camping
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rimshot
Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 2014 Location: California Online Status: Offline Posts: 23 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 1:30am |
love this auto correct just drove 200 miles with no problems
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rimshot
Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 2014 Location: California Online Status: Offline Posts: 23 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 1:28am |
Well I just drove about 200 miles to the be a challenge with no problems. Yahoo...
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Cap-n-Cray
Senior Member Joined: 22 Feb 2014 Location: Bainbridge Is Online Status: Offline Posts: 121 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 1:09am |
X2... I check the hubs every time I stop. Check the tire temperature too. I had a fire in one of my big trailers - bearing. |
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Cary
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Goose
Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 12:06am |
The brakes are self-adjusting, you only really need to adjust manually after replacing the bearing seals and greasing. Goose
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Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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bcan
Newbie Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 2:45pm |
I'm curious whether your brakes are self-adjusting or manually adjusted. I'm new to the forum and joined because R-Pod is currently at the top of my buy list. One reason is that FR lists self adjusting brakes as a feature in their 2014 R-Pod brochures and I don't like crawling under a trailer every 3.000 miles or so to manually adjust the brakes. While researching self adjusting brakes I saw a post on another forum that described a problem similar to yours. The owner had installed Dexter Nev-R-Adjust brakes and one of the brakes was overheating. He eventually discovered that the drum was not within tolerance and that was causing the constantly adjusting brakes to be too tight.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 24 Mar 2014 at 11:25am |
If you can hold your hand on the hub of each wheel immediately after stopping, you are ok.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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rimshot
Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 2014 Location: California Online Status: Offline Posts: 23 |
Posted: 24 Mar 2014 at 7:38am |
Well I brought the heat sensor gun home and me and my brother in law took it for a spin yesterday. First 5 miles without the plug in. No heat at all on the drums. Plugged it in and drove about 25 miles up to hiway speed with lots of braking. Brakes were kind of hot to the touch but read 172*. Everything seemed fine. Maybe their "expert" did get them adjusted right. I still may take it to a second shop and get another opinion though...
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dsmiths
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 19 Mar 2014 at 9:40pm |
As an A.C. Delco tech shop owner I can assure you there is no "dominate brake side" drum brakes are set up so that the lead shoe can sometimes wear faster than the trailing shoe. drums will get warm or hot during stop and go driving as that is how they work. If it were not for good old friction, brakes would not work, they convert motion to heat. You need to find a good shop that can repair your problem. I bet its a simple fix.
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Dane and Donna Smith
2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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