Forest River 40X12 Brake Squeal

[JVR]

Electric brakes on 1 side squeel, manyone have experience wth the problem?
Many thanks,
JVR

[JRNOLL]

On my Nash I had a squeel on the drivers side front wheel during breaking. I took off the drum and found a spring broken. Checked all the brakes and replaced the same spring on all the shoes. They had worn spots in the same area that the broken one broke at. Hope this helps.

[K-Star]

I had a Wilderness 5er that had that problem. It was under warranty so I took it to the dealer. Don't remember what he did, but he did fix it.

[Jeff_in_The_Dalles]

I'm assuming they are electric drum? Are they "easy lube"?

Could be glazed shoes, grease contamination, broken component...

How long has it been since the drums were off for wheel bearing greasing and brake inspection/adjust?

Anyway, I'd be for pulling the drums off to see what's going on. If it were me, while I had them off I'd go ahead and do repack, new grease seals, and clean and adjust the brakes.

Both Dexter and Al-Ko have very nice downloadable pdf manuals for free.

Under "Service Information" select complete service manual.

http://www.dexteraxle.com/products___literature

And here, just click on "Owner's Manual".


http://www.al-kousa.com/

It is worth it to save both to your hard drive.