Defective brakes on 7 month old TT

myredracer wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
Gil, I would have thought that by now, you would have realized that you must do any and all work yourself. There is little chance that the hubs will be inspected, greased, assembled and adjusted correctly with no damage by disinterested parties.

So does Lippert take an axle assembly from Al-Ko as delivered and mount it on a frame without any inspection?
Sure

And does a TT manufacturer just take the complete frame and axle assembly as delivered and not inspect it?
Of course they do.

Is a dealer supposed to inspect brake/axle assemblies or is it at their discretion?
In PA they are to do a brake inspection. One of my brakes was not connected but the dealer passed it.

We had a dealer tell us that brake assemblies get shipped out of the manufacturer to Lippert and that Lippert is supposed to take drums off and clean the parts. The dealer said that the brake manufacturer puts cosmoline on internal parts to prevent rusting before being put into service but I've never heard this anywhere else.
Total BS.



If I were to remove a grease zerk, can you tell if it is dry or had grease pumped through it?
Maybe, the best thing to do is pull the hub. There would be a small amount of grease on the bearings, but the hub will be mostly filled with air. If the hub is full, some monkey pumped it full and pushed the grease thru the seals. I would remove the zerks and plug the holes.

I also wonder if there could be different colors of grease that might give a clue?
Sure, but if all the original was forced out, the evidence is gone.

BTW, the dealer said it would be a 4-5 hour job @ $150/hr.
You could get a neighborhood kid for $15/hr. and he would do a better job.