burnt rubber smell??
While driving home yesterday in my 1999 34' rexhall class a motorhome, I noticed on a few occasions a burnt rubber smell. I looked over the tires and engine and do not see anything standing out. Any...
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Sounds very similar to what happened to our Rexhall.
"Smell something?" I said ... Got out, looked around, everything looked good. Got going again and, after a few more miles, it happened again. Did this a few more times and then (finally) it became obvious. An inner rear tire had lost pressure and eventually it spun on the rim enough that it rubbed against the Ride-Rite air bag helper springs and wore them down - hence the burning rubber smell.
Lesson learned of course was that a TPMS (now installed) would have prevented the damage.
"Smell something?" I said ... Got out, looked around, everything looked good. Got going again and, after a few more miles, it happened again. Did this a few more times and then (finally) it became obvious. An inner rear tire had lost pressure and eventually it spun on the rim enough that it rubbed against the Ride-Rite air bag helper springs and wore them down - hence the burning rubber smell.
Lesson learned of course was that a TPMS (now installed) would have prevented the damage.
