Hot Wheel Issue Solved
I recently up graded from a Coleman Santa Fe to a used 2012 Keystone Cougar 29BHS. I am a technical guy and during our first trip made regular checks of the wheels for heat. I noted 2 were warm. one c...
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Hot wheel issue Not Solved!!!!
To my frustration on last trip found wheel hot again. At a Loss. Pulled over mid trip and found brake drum 300F plus. Other 3 where 130 to 150F range. Disconnected wire to brake in question. Back and forth a few times to release brake. Traveled another 10km and even hotter than before. 330F plus! Crawled under and backed off brake adjuster at least 2 full turns. No time or interest to trouble shoot on side of highway. Cold after that!
The hot wheel brakes were adjusted the same as the other 3. I have a couple ideas:
1)That tire is different than other 3. Previous owner had flat and installed a higher weight rated tire. Don't have exact details but I believe it can carry about 800lbs more and can handle 80psi instead of 60psi. I should put spare on and try again. Maybe odd ball tire is having some kind of vibration effect? But I am having a hard time with this reasoning.
2) The brake or hub is defective. Weak spring or shoes and/or drum deform when heated.
Either way, that was the last camp of the year and I have no intension of playing with it anymore. I would like to have all 4 brakes working, but honestly I did not see much of a difference with only 3. Maybe next season I will tackle again or have somebody else do it as I have had enough messing with it.
So obviously the greasing of the backing plate did not fix as noted before.
Tim
To my frustration on last trip found wheel hot again. At a Loss. Pulled over mid trip and found brake drum 300F plus. Other 3 where 130 to 150F range. Disconnected wire to brake in question. Back and forth a few times to release brake. Traveled another 10km and even hotter than before. 330F plus! Crawled under and backed off brake adjuster at least 2 full turns. No time or interest to trouble shoot on side of highway. Cold after that!
The hot wheel brakes were adjusted the same as the other 3. I have a couple ideas:
1)That tire is different than other 3. Previous owner had flat and installed a higher weight rated tire. Don't have exact details but I believe it can carry about 800lbs more and can handle 80psi instead of 60psi. I should put spare on and try again. Maybe odd ball tire is having some kind of vibration effect? But I am having a hard time with this reasoning.
2) The brake or hub is defective. Weak spring or shoes and/or drum deform when heated.
Either way, that was the last camp of the year and I have no intension of playing with it anymore. I would like to have all 4 brakes working, but honestly I did not see much of a difference with only 3. Maybe next season I will tackle again or have somebody else do it as I have had enough messing with it.
So obviously the greasing of the backing plate did not fix as noted before.
Tim
