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CrusinSusan
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Jul 25, 2013

Test Drive #2 Smoking Calipers? Help me decide: In Or Out

I've been in the process of buying a used consigned 1999 RoadTrek 190 Popular (Dodge Ram Van chassis), and I have to say first that the dealer has been very responsive to problems as they come up (and...
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MEXICOWANDERER
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Jul 26, 2013
Yes Mr. Tim, I apologize. Older rigs with rear drum brakes use "Miracles" to expand the brake shoes. Certainly not a hydraulic wheel cylinder.

When brakes go bad from corrosion only a very foolish person asssssssssssssumes they need to inspect and replace only that part that caught fire. Master cylinders, proportioning valves, and rear brakes have nothing to do with safety, or your life.

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