Brake problem
Just drove our old 2001 Winnebago Brave that has 32,xxx miles on it from N.C. Iowa to Kalispell, Mt. about 1400 miles. Every thing worked great until I pulled into the campground we had reservations a...
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tropical36 wrote:olfarmer wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Those are the only reasons that I could think of too. The fluid has never been flushed to my knowledge. Wouldn't a failing master cylinder have leakage and fluid loss? Or, could the fluid pass by the piston and not leak out?
Ed
Brake fluid should be changed every 2 - 3 years, with at least DOT 4 and 5.1 would be even better, but may be hard to find.
Boiling point for new fluid is over 400F and with you obviously boiling yours, it was probably lucky to have been 212F.
Also reeducate yourself on mountain descents and if you're using the brakes much at all, going down, you need to be in low gear.
I even had a boiling incident occur in traffic with our old P30 rig.
I decided on putting an aluminum shield between the exhaust manifold and the brake lines. Can't say for what it was worth, but in never happened again and we had that coach in all of the lower 48, over a period of 9yrs.
