What chassis....95 Damon 'Intruder'?

[Bubba_Bill]

Ford system but looking for more specifics. The immediate question is: are rear brakes self adjusting? Lately, I'm feeling as though the coach is getting all...or most...of its stopping power on the front end. I've tried backing and pumping in a big parking lot, but don't seem to notice any difference. Only 38K miles, so I don't think the shoes are worn through. Bill

[RLS7201]

Nick-B wrote:
At the very least you should flush out the old brake fluid, but do you know if the brake system has ever been gone thru? It is going on twenty years old and everything is suspect to failure. When I got my Ford chassis motorhome, the brakes had very marginal stopping power. I replaced everything but the rotors. New master cylinder, pads, hoses and rebuilt calipers and fluid of course. Now it stops quite well for an 18,000 pound bread truck.

Nick,

Would you please leave a little more raisin bread on the shelves. It's always sold out.

Richard

[Nick-B]

At the very least you should flush out the old brake fluid, but do you know if the brake system has ever been gone thru? It is going on twenty years old and everything is suspect to failure. When I got my Ford chassis motorhome, the brakes had very marginal stopping power. I replaced everything but the rotors. New master cylinder, pads, hoses and rebuilt calipers and fluid of course. Now it stops quite well for an 18,000 pound bread truck.

[Carm]

My 1994 F53 (Ford) has 4-wheel disc brakes. No adjustment needed.

[Bubba_Bill]

Thanks! Never occurred to me it would have disc brakes on the rear. I'll have to educate myself on the F53 chassis.

[RLS7201]

Seeing how you are posting in the Class A forum and have a Ford chassis, you have a F53 chassis with 4 wheel disk brakes. No adjusters. The caliper pistons move in the bore to adjust for pad wear.
Your brake system does require that you remove the calipers every two years to clean and lube the slide mechanism. While you're there, check the caliper pistons for binding in the bore. You'll also need to change the brake fluid every two years.
There has been a lot of brake complaints on the older Ford F53 (460 V8) chassis. If maintained properly, the the system works well, but requires more maintenance that most disk brake systems.

Richard
95 Bounder F53

[bsinmich]

On a 19 year old vehicle the aelf adjusters could be stuck and not working. It could be just cleaning those things. I think you most likely have rear drums.

[Lt46]

She might have 4 wheel disc brakes, mine does.