Transform the brake lines on your RV for Correct safety.
Every vehicle on the means, including RVs, utilizes brake lines to transfer the brake fluid to the brakes from the skillful cylinder in disposition to activate the diverse components within the brake to check. Over date, the steel or rubber hoses that transfer the brake fluid to the brakes can deteriorate, and the similar loss of hydraulic vigour requires that contemporary brake lines be installed. Brakes are important safety features, and control them maintained is paramount to enjoying the highways in your RV.
Instructions
1. Examine the RV to drive whether it is flying Sufficiently off the ground for you to elbow grease on comfortably, or provided you devoir to lift it up and add daily grind time. Involve the lift under the axle of the tires you Testament be working on and lift the RV to the desired heighth.
2. Remove the tires from the globe you Testament be working on. Applicability a screwdriver to pry the hubcaps loose and remove them. Attach the appropriate-sized socket to the lug nuts of the tires and attach the strength gun. Bound the air compressor until you retain Sufficiently vigour to lope the effect gun and remove the lug nuts. Slide the tires off the bolts and establish them aside for successive.
3. Apartment the filter bucket or pan underneath the rubber brake hose you Testament be working on. Asset the bleeder screw on the trundle cylinder or caliper, depending on your imitation of RV, and assure you can easily loosen it with a wrench. Spray with penetrating lubricant whether needful. Tighten them snugly once you insure they can be loosened. Spray lubricant on the rubber hose connectors and any corresponding bolt or screw clips that hold the hose in place.
4. Remove the retaining clips or brackets holding the hoses in place with either a ratchet or socket and the needle-nose pliers. Disconnect the rubber hose from the caliper or disc with a ratchet or socket and remove the retaining bolt or the hose to the steel brakes, if working on drum brakes. Loosen any steel brake-line connections with a flare wrench. Remove the washers from the retaining bolt and caliper housing with the flat-head screwdriver by prying them out. Bleed the brake system by opening the bleeder valves and pumping the brakes of the RV until all of the air is out of the hoses and only fluid comes out into your drip pan. Check the level of brake fluid in the master cylinder and fill it as needed.
Tighten the retaining bolts and replace the clips and brackets. Replace the tires and tighten the lug nuts. Put the hubcaps back in place. Disassemble and remove the old hoses.5. Reverse the process to install the new rubber hose. Replace the copper washers and ensure they are firmly in place.
