Recent content by BruteForce

From what I saw, the magnet fell off and the un-shielded cabling was super frayed. I saw no bearing damage or issues and greased packed everything nicely before wrapping up. Attached to the magnet appeared to only be one super frayed wire..

Updated. Hit the local trailer supply and sourced a full 12" brake kit, installed and then replaced the break away cable since it had melted down during the test. All is well and I'm ready to tow next Tuesday! Sweet!

Pretty sure I just found the culprit. Started the truck up, plugged in the RV pig-tail, then started jacking up each axle/tire to see if they free-spin. Once I confirmed, I yanked the Emergency break/away brake cable and started turning the tires again. All 3 on the door side had the brakes...

Thanks for the link. How different are Dexter axles from Lippert? I believe my RW395 is nearly 100% Lippert components. Good info in that manual though and thanks for sharing!

Well, took the truck to the local trailer supply/service shop and they tested the P3 and it passed. So, now its troubleshooting all the wiring from the trailer pigtail all the way to each brake drum! UGH! There has to be an easier way to find a short or bad ground.. As memory serves, the wiring...

Hooked up today to get new wheels on the Roadwarrior. Before even leaving my RV pad, I noticed the brake controller flashing red and reading "Overload, NO BRAKES". Sure enough, pulled the manual lever on the P3 and no brakes. Doing some basic troubleshooting and either the P3 is bad or I have a...

Very little fade considering how bad the door side decals were cooked by the sun. On the nose cap, we had to affix the blue background because the original Road Warrior decal had literally burned into the RV. Spend was $2000 for removal plus the new decal. Note that this rig is 43' L, and it...

The sun was baking the door side and nose decals, so I dropped the 5th wheel off at a Sign & Body Shop for a few days and removed all (mostly) decals and created my new nose graphic. Thoughts?

*At the alignment shop today. So, today I was able to replace the remainder of the leaf springs, shackles and U-bolts and Equalizers. The equalizers were worn through pretty bad where the bolt went through. I then immediately took my rig to a big-rig Alignment shop where they told me 3 of 6...

Nothing bent, UBolts haven't moved, so I'm going to guess the other leaf springs are just worn out causing a chain reaction in the Equalizers..

Rear axle with tire removed and position of Flex-Axle. Rear retaining pin on rear axle Front & Center Axle position. I can get 4 fingers between tires, whereas only 3 (barely) between center & rear axle. Space between Center and Rear axle (3 fingers) Space between front & center axle (4...

2 weeks ago, the wife and I were set to head out for a camping trip. 1/4 mile from home, we see the 5'er smoking. Originally, we thought the brakes were locked up, so I pulled to the side of a busy road, jumped out to see what was amiss. To my dismay, I immediately noticed that the front axle...

We bought ours to haul 3x ATV's. This summer, I'll be loading it with 2x ATV's and likely a 2 seat 12'L kayak!

I know this is an old thread, but my fuel gauge also stopped working. I bought a replacement gauge (exact same unit), but nothing changed. I suspect that the sending unit (in or on the tank) has gone bad or has a wiring issue. Where to start?

I can see the holes in the "board" where the screws/bolts used to be.. and that's where the bowing is. I have no idea what they were attached to - hence my idea of 3-4 aluminum straps from frame rail to frame rail to help hold this stuff up.