Another Likely RV Brake Failure Crash
Unfortunately, fatal. LINK Maintain your brakes, folks. Change that fluid if it's old and make sure you have lots of friction material.
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Glad one poster can:
'doubt' brake failure, and operator 'possible'. :(
I exited on a ramp MH towing to quickly find out I did not have brakes.....Operator Error? "I" doubt it and personally know it from first hand experience.
I thankfully survived. Brake line failure the culprit.
The front brakes lines can LOOK perfectly fine from the OUTSIDE but they collapse on the INSIDE shutting off all brake fluid.
The mechanic that repaired them that day said he sees this happen on many MH's all the time.
If you buy a used MH and as a maintenance on new ones, REPLACE the front brake lines. Small price to pay for your life.
All these posts of MH's just careening off and crashing has me wondering just how many are due to the front brake line hoses collapsing?
No crash investigator is going to take off the 'perfectly looking' AND attached brake lines to see if the inside of the hose has collapsed which caused the accident.
Been there done that and really glad to still be alive to inform other RV'ers about it.
'doubt' brake failure, and operator 'possible'. :(
I exited on a ramp MH towing to quickly find out I did not have brakes.....Operator Error? "I" doubt it and personally know it from first hand experience.
I thankfully survived. Brake line failure the culprit.
The front brakes lines can LOOK perfectly fine from the OUTSIDE but they collapse on the INSIDE shutting off all brake fluid.
The mechanic that repaired them that day said he sees this happen on many MH's all the time.
If you buy a used MH and as a maintenance on new ones, REPLACE the front brake lines. Small price to pay for your life.
All these posts of MH's just careening off and crashing has me wondering just how many are due to the front brake line hoses collapsing?
No crash investigator is going to take off the 'perfectly looking' AND attached brake lines to see if the inside of the hose has collapsed which caused the accident.
Been there done that and really glad to still be alive to inform other RV'ers about it.
