Brakes on new RV weak.
Bought a new Winnebago 5th wheel a couple weeks ago out of state and drove it home. Noticed brakes seemed rather weak. Tried adjusting controller with no change. By the time I realized an issue the...
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huffaz wrote:I've done mine several times in less than 45 minutes including dragging out the tools and putting them back. Sounds to me like they were taking advantage of you. Per the Dexter manual you also need to burnish the new brakes in. This means stopping about 40 times in a row to seat the new brake shoes. I did this, then readjusted my brakes. They work WAY better than when I first got it. You should also look for grease on the brake shoes. Mine were just covered because some idiot overgreased those crummy EZ Lube hubs when it was new. I replaced all the brakes to get rid of the grease..
The $260 charge to adjust brakes is based on 1 hour labor per axle X 2 axles X $130/hr labor charge.
B.O.
