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Originally Posted by rrtribble
When I bought my '07 DP last year and had it serviced the Tech told me I had a build up of rust in my brakes - drums and disks which he cleaned. He told me using them should take care of everything.
Drove great last year but this year noticed brakes were sluggish. Serviced and pulled severely to right front. Took back in and they replaced the actuator ( I believe) and soaked everything with rust inhibiter. Brakes soft.
Tech said by not driving much the rust builds up quickly.
Should I just spend the money and do a complete brake job replacing everything?
Thanks for your assistance - Richard
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Richard,
You do not say what kind of environment the RV is either parked and or stored in. Salt air, lots of humidity, what? Applying brakes makes everything shiny. Shiny means bare metal. Bare metal means RUST. Now, rust, based on the air conditions (humidity etc.) can happen over night. But, we're not talking THICK rust, we're talking a FILM of rust, NO MORE.
If you're driving your coach in the rain, then park it over night, guess what, yep, you'll have a think film of rust on the rotors or drums, the next morning. Every body does. Now, if you parked your coach for a year, in a salt air environment, well, yeah, you'd have a bit more than usual rust. Just how much, and how thick, well, that's really hard to say.
What's the cure? There isn't any. You could have a brake job done once a week and, if you park it after driving it and the air is fairly humid or, possibly in salt air conditions, yep, rust is gonna appear. I'm by far, no "brake" expert but, "rust inhibitors" for brakes, neeeeeevvvvver heard of such a thing. Not really sure of what advice there is for ya in this situation. You, me, (or a zillion other drivers of motorhomes/cars/trucks/motorcycles/space ships)(oh, they don't have brakes) etc. all have the same problem, if you want to call it a problem.
Scott
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