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RVF 1K Club
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2020
- Messages
- 1,070
- Location
- Cypress Inn, TN
- RV Year
- 2016
- RV Make
- Forest River
- RV Model
- Georgetown XL M-369DS
- RV Length
- 37ft
- Chassis
- F550
- Engine
- Titan V10
- TOW/TOAD
- 2020 Polaris Slingshot
- Fulltimer
- No
After reading the thread of the motorhome loosing brakes going down a steep decline I decided I was going to check my brakes, possibly bleeding the system. The first thing I did was go to the manual and see if there was anything different than a cars break system as I have worked on them many times. Turns out there are a few things.
1. The brake fluid is not your standard DOT 3 or even DOT 4, but a DOT 5.1 at least for the F53 chassis over 19000 lbs. The difference is the boiling point of the fluid. There is a DOT 5.0, but this is silicon based not compatible with any other brake fluid and is used for specific applications.
2. The brake fluid should be changes every 2 years.
Now I never really knew there was a time interval for changing brake fluid. I never really thought much about it. I looked a little further and all cars and trucks should have brake fluid changed every 2 years or 30,000 miles.
Kind of an eye opener for me. Guess what I’m going to be doing?
1. The brake fluid is not your standard DOT 3 or even DOT 4, but a DOT 5.1 at least for the F53 chassis over 19000 lbs. The difference is the boiling point of the fluid. There is a DOT 5.0, but this is silicon based not compatible with any other brake fluid and is used for specific applications.
2. The brake fluid should be changes every 2 years.
Now I never really knew there was a time interval for changing brake fluid. I never really thought much about it. I looked a little further and all cars and trucks should have brake fluid changed every 2 years or 30,000 miles.
Kind of an eye opener for me. Guess what I’m going to be doing?
