Rv Maintenance Tips And Information For The Diy

In this episode, I discuss Trailer Tire Safety and how Trailer Tires are unique and require more attention than most other tires on the road. This is what most Rv’ers Don’t Know and Need to Know. Trailer Tires basically face the same issues or have the same problems regardless of what kind of trailer you have. They require specific maintenance steps and they are made for trailers and nothing else. Trailer tires also have an expiration date, in other words, those tires have that great-looking tread because you don’t use the trailer that often does not mean those tires are safe. Beware!  Let me explain. Trailer tires have a life span of about 5 years and for the average RV’er that is about 10,000 miles or 2,000 a year and that is not a lot of miles. The tires can break down on the outside from excessive wear and that is what we expect and understand. The other side of the coin is trailer tires also break down on the inside whether being used or not although, they do last longer if you use your trailer

In this episode I discuss the importance of maintaining the Wheel Bearings and Brakes on Travel & 5th Wheel Trailers. It is extremely important to give attention to these 2 systems, failure can mean a break down on the highway leaving yourself and family exposed to dangers. In this episode it is gear towards trailer brakes on utility and recreational trailers and not so much for boat trailers. Boat trailer brakes and bearings get submerged and there are some differences in maintaining it. Trailer brakes will last 50 to 70 thousand miles and that is lot of miles for the average trailer. The brake magnet will probably fail first because they ware out or short out internally and stop functioning and in turn the brakes on that wheel will not function. Brake magnets are expensive in comparison to a complete backing plate with hardware, brake shoes and a new magnet. If your shoes or magnets need replacing I would highly recommend to just replace the entire backing plate with all new hardware, 4 bolts connect 2

This Podcast is an introduction to Radio Arizona RV and who we are and in what ways we are involved in the RV Industry. My name is Eric Stark and I am the owner of Arizona RV Parts Center located in Wellton, AZ just east of Yuma. Radio Arizona RV is my creation and the goal is to help RV’ers maintain their RV and get a better understanding of the different systems that are already on your RV or something you might want to add on. Each episode is going to be as short as possible without a lot of needless conversation. I don’t get extremely technical, at least yet. I want to give you a direction to get started in.There are a lot of subjects that can be covered but, they do not need a lot of technical details to get an understanding to determine if you need to do it or if want to do it. I am a parts guy and I explain a lot of stuff to a lot of people I know what it takes to give the information they need and what they don’t need. I have an episode about wheel bearing maintenance and I cover the importance of che