Master Brake Cylinder
We were on our way home yesterday after a glorious trip to the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Palm Springs. We were in stop and go traffic on 101 for about an hour. Suddenly, my husband said the brakes "we...
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rockhillmanor wrote:Should we continue on our way home? Our RV is a 1998 Fleetwood Pace Arrow.
IMHO. No.
FRONT BRAKE LINES
I lost my brakes coming off an exit ramp just like you did! Everything checked out ok. Thank god I had an experienced truck mechanic at the repair shop I limped into.
You can NOT tell when the front rubber brake lines go, they will look perfectly fine on the 'outside' no leaks or cracks...BUT....
The rubber deteriorate on the INSIDE. They collapse inside and cuts off the brake fluid. And it can be intermittent but all it takes is that one time that they collapse and you have a serious accident.
He took the front brake lines off and replaced them. Problem solved. It is a 'VERY' common problem on 1996 to 1999. But can happen to any year.
The fact that your 98 MH only has 23,000 miles on it means it has sat parked some where for a long time. Brake lines should have been the first thing you replaced and the second thing that should have been replaced where the master cylinders because of accumulation of rust while sitting.
as one can read I was right about my master cylinder theory
If it was brake lines that shut off the fluid your pedal would be hard
not soft and still have braking power although diminished
worked on lots of brakes over the years never heard of a brake line collapsing internally guess it could happen but rare
