Rear brakes smokin'!!
On I 95 north of Baltimore. Very heavy 60 mph to zero and back to 60 again, over and over and over. Started smelling something hot and the TPS fired off on both of the rear inner duals being over temp...
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Hatman wrote:
After our stop for dinner the brakes were fine the rest of the way. I do think the front/rear balance is off and will have Spartan check things out. If you've driven on I95 DC/Philly/NYC corridor you know slowing down and/or using your exhaust brake a great theories but no grounded in the reality of the situation. Even in the far right lane, if you leave the smallest gap in front of you it's quickly filled by a four-wheeler who immediately decides to slam on the brakes. Sunday afternoon traffic back into the city isn't the usual 20 mph trudge, but a 0 to 75 to 0 slinky that repeats for way too many miles. No fun in a 40 DP for sure!
Thanks for the quick feedback.
So your saying there was not or probably not a cars length between you and the car ahead of you when hitting speed ( to maintain that tiny gap) ? Then you heavily applied the brakes over & over maintaining that small gap?
I can understand why they overheated. You really didn't save yourself any time by keeping that gap, as you ended in pulling over to stop your MH from having a brake fire.
We have all been there, it isn't worth the trouble trying to fight the idiots. We do everything we can to avoid traffic. Leave odd hours, leave on a day most people don't travel ( avoiding Fridays & Sundays).
