Teleflex adj brake pedal recall?

[Melorene]

Heard at Quartzsite that there MAY be a recall of some sort pertaining to the Teleflex Adjustable brake pedal Mechanism..Is there any more news on this or one way or another?

[Jim28730]

Could you possibly have this confused with the recall of adjustable brake pedal assemblies on certain 2008-2009 Spartan chassis?

[EngineerMike]

Here is the link to an adjustable pedal recall on the NHTSA website. Looks like it applies to models that accommodate air brakes. There is a phone # for Kongsberg (who bought Teleflex's pedal lineup); perhaps they can guide someone to the correct part # used on our coaches. Here is Konsberg's current pedal parts sheet.

[Melorene]

Mike, our 2008 has hydraulic brakes I think, not air brakes, so it may not pertain to ours???

[EngineerMike]

I ran across another reference that included hydraulic brakes. I'm sure this devolves to particular part numbers that are in the recall. It may be just thru-floor type parts, or it may also include the hanging type pedals we have in Alpines from model year 2004 forward. Both notices I read seemed to include parts from 2007 and later, so possibly 04-07 model years are prior to the issue anyway. Ultimately we will need to get a read on the particular part #'s per the mfgr and check against those in our rigs.
If I had time right now to chase it down I would. Hopefully someone here can take the lead in contacting Kongsberg & getting the facts.

[Dale777]

Kongsberg does have a recall for brake pedals for hydraulic brakes, but it is not clear if that applies to Alpine Coaches, or for what years. Since WRV does not exist, they cannot issue a recall to Alpine Coach owners, as other existing manufacturers do.

However, Foretravel Motor Coach and Tiffin do use hydraulic brakes on some models, and they have issued a recall, as indicated by these NHTSA bulletins:

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls...rue&refurl=rss

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls...rue&refurl=rss

You might want to check the specific part numbers mentioned in this link to see if they apply to your coach.

[EngineerMike]

The Foretravel & Tiffin recalls affect only 08-10 models so if WRV rigs are involved (I suspect they are given the Tiffin involvement on their Gary Jones' chassis) only 08 & 09 models would be affected. Looks like Kongsberg made some design adjustment after buying the pedal line from Teleflex, which adjustment isn't working out so cleverly.