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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GTN_and_Catz wrote:
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.
I completely agree regarding the TPMS only in my case it alerted me to overheated brakes while driving in the mountains and another time to sticking brake calipers in the flatlands. Thankfully, my tire pressures have been fine! (knock on wood)
Steve
