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Brake Pads Rattle on G30 Replacement Brakes
Was having trouble with my front disc brakes on our 1992 Jayco Class C, built on the Chev G30 chassis. The shop does a complete replacement of both front disc bakes and the brake pad was clicking. A slight pressure on the brakes stopped the clicking.They couldn't correct it so they replaced the caliper again... clicking continued. So, they tried another replacement caliper. Clicking continued. So, the shop is giving up and refunding all my money... Wait a minute! I'm not about to drive this RV with that noise going on so we had a conversation. The only part that was replaced just once, when I came in with the original brake problem, was the rotor on the problem wheel. Since it seemed to me that the probability of three replacement calipers failing in the exactly the same way is roughly the same as being hit on the head by a bag of gold american eagle coins. And so, no matter how improbable it seems, the last thing to try is a different rotor. Since the rotor seems to be running true, it is like some kind of a magnetism issue. What? A localized magnetic spot of the rotor. Not likely, but is it impossible? Anyone have a similar issue with getting rid of the rattling brake pad issue? It's driving me nuts and, I'm afraid it has ruined any semblance of confidence and tranquility in the garage. BTW, different brands of remanufactured calipers were tried. We welcome your input.1.1KViews0likes4CommentsRe: USING OUTDATED DICOR ROOF COATING
Thanks for the input... The material mixes well and though the primer seems thinner than the final roof coating, which is markedly thicker but does mix to a consistent smoothness, I suppose the only thing I can do, short of tossing it all out, is try it on a small area and see what happens.191Views0likes0CommentsUSING OUTDATED DICOR ROOF COATING
I'm prepping my bare aluminum RV roof for coating with Dicor water base elastomeric primer and roof coating. When I bought the stuff at camping world no one said a word about shelf life or out dates. The stuff is now 4 years old. It has never been in freezing temperatures and has mixed up well and looks nice and smooth. Any of you folks have personal experience with using Dicor Roof Coating that is anything like 4 years old? If using this material is now an absolute no-no, what would you use instead? The number of choices is quite overwhelming. (new email for notifications.... gdug222@gmail.com)600Views0likes4CommentsRe: Dometic Weathershield Awning Question
Ok... dougrainer has checked 3 of their new units with the same type of Dometic awning and the coverage by the weather shield sounds like what we have... fabric covered down to the bottom center of the roll then the side facing the RV is exposed. So, it is what it is. It will be interesting to hear about the similarly shielded awnings by Carefree. Thanks for your help. Doug416Views0likes0CommentsRe: Dometic Weathershield Awning Question
Mr. Wizard, I'll get a chance to run it out in the next couple of days and measure the metal and the whole length... the whole extended length to the tube or to the outside or what? And, should the wrapped up awning be completely covered by the metal? Thanks for your help. Doug415Views0likes0CommentsRe: Dometic Weathershield Awning Question
The new acrylic awning was replacing a standard vinyl awning and came with complete tube and ready to install. It is a manual awning. So, since the metal weathershield doesn't wrap all the way around and cover all the fabric, it's possible that the fabric is cut too long? Doug415Views0likes0CommentsDometic Weathershield Awning Question
Just had a Dometic acrylic fabric awning installed and noticed something after I got home with the RV. The metal weathershield wraps up only about 3/4 of the awning on rollup and leaves about 1/4 of the fabric roll exposed. In other words, when rolled up, the metal only covers the down around to the midline of the underside of the rolled up fabric. We once had a fifth wheel trailer with this type of awning and in my memory, the metal weathershield was hiding, and protecting, all the fabric. It's almost as if the bundle of fabric is too big for the weathershield to completely encompass it all. Is this just the way it is or is there some adjustment that needs to be done? Doug2.1KViews0likes7Comments
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