Shogunles
Advanced Member
Hello All! Back in March, before our trip to Fort Wilderness, I noticed a spring hanging from behind the brake drum during my annual maintenance. To my surprise, the spring that holds the brake adjuster mechanism broke in half, clearly rendering the brake useless. So I scrambled and installed a new brake assembly the same day.
I then emailed Jayco regarding this. They replied that the brake assembly that they used on my 25BHS, was having issues. They paid me the cost of the assembly as the travel trailer was still under warranty. At that point, the TT had roughly 1000 miles on it. There was enough meat on the shoes and the drum was not warped either.
I recently returned from a back to back to back trip of the Northeast. Upon returning to home, I noticed a scrapping noise coming from the driver's side wheels. So naturally, I jacked up the wheel in question and spun it to reveal the noise. I pulled the tire and drum and found that the magnet was off of its mechanism scraping the drum. I jacked the other side and while placing the jack, I noticed a spring hanging from behind the drum again. It was the wheel next to the one I did in March. Frustrated and in a hurry because my warranty expires literally next week and we have a trip planned for this Sunday, I went to the trailer shop and bought 3 new brake assemblies and installed them during this heat wave we are having in the Northeast. I bought Dexter Assemblies. I figured why wait for the others to fail at an inoppurtune time. I had the time so I did it.
Before doing the work, I called around to a few Jayco dealers to see if they could complete the work before my departure, for the sake of my warranty. This was not happening. So my reason for doing the work myself was justified. I only hope Jayco see it the same way to get my monies back. I like to preform my own maintenance anyway. This way I know it is done right.
The reason for this post is to let other owners of Jayco Travel Trailers to give their brakes a good look during maintenance. I would pull the wheel and drum and get a good look at them. I usually do this when I pull it out of Winter Storage anyway. If all is well it will only cost you a little greese to pack the hub and bearings. Which you have to do anyway. The year of my 25BHS is 2012. So even if it is brand new, give them a good look. Thanks for listening. Be well!
I then emailed Jayco regarding this. They replied that the brake assembly that they used on my 25BHS, was having issues. They paid me the cost of the assembly as the travel trailer was still under warranty. At that point, the TT had roughly 1000 miles on it. There was enough meat on the shoes and the drum was not warped either.
I recently returned from a back to back to back trip of the Northeast. Upon returning to home, I noticed a scrapping noise coming from the driver's side wheels. So naturally, I jacked up the wheel in question and spun it to reveal the noise. I pulled the tire and drum and found that the magnet was off of its mechanism scraping the drum. I jacked the other side and while placing the jack, I noticed a spring hanging from behind the drum again. It was the wheel next to the one I did in March. Frustrated and in a hurry because my warranty expires literally next week and we have a trip planned for this Sunday, I went to the trailer shop and bought 3 new brake assemblies and installed them during this heat wave we are having in the Northeast. I bought Dexter Assemblies. I figured why wait for the others to fail at an inoppurtune time. I had the time so I did it.
Before doing the work, I called around to a few Jayco dealers to see if they could complete the work before my departure, for the sake of my warranty. This was not happening. So my reason for doing the work myself was justified. I only hope Jayco see it the same way to get my monies back. I like to preform my own maintenance anyway. This way I know it is done right.
The reason for this post is to let other owners of Jayco Travel Trailers to give their brakes a good look during maintenance. I would pull the wheel and drum and get a good look at them. I usually do this when I pull it out of Winter Storage anyway. If all is well it will only cost you a little greese to pack the hub and bearings. Which you have to do anyway. The year of my 25BHS is 2012. So even if it is brand new, give them a good look. Thanks for listening. Be well!