Self-Adjusting Brakes?

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   Pretty sure have a Lippert.Guess all I have to do is back up and tap the brakes every now and then  ...

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Footslogger03 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Location: Laramie, WY Online Status: Offline Posts: 362	Topic: Self-Adjusting Brakes? Posted: 16 Sep 2012 at 6:56pm
	Pretty sure have a Lippert.Guess all I have to do is back up and tap the brakes every now and then ... 'Slogger
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TIDALWAVE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Location: MINNESOTA Online Status: Offline Posts: 315	Posted: 16 Sep 2012 at 6:54pm
	It appears that Lippert axle-brakes are self-adjusting, while Dexter axle-brakes are not. Most of them have a manufacture label somewhere on the axle.
	TIDALWAVE

Footslogger03 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Location: Laramie, WY Online Status: Offline Posts: 362	Posted: 16 Sep 2012 at 1:35pm
	I had scheduled a 1 year PM at the dealership a while back and pretty much all I am going to have them concentrate on is the axle/bearings. But I think that while I'm at it I'll ask the tech about the brakes. 'Slogger
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Goose Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672	Posted: 16 Sep 2012 at 11:13am
	Seanl, I am not a professional mechanic but in cleaning the brake parts and looking at how it works it appears that every time the brakes are applied in any direction of travel they have the ability to adjust if needed. This is the best that I can remember from last year. Goose
	Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee

Seanl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633	Posted: 16 Sep 2012 at 12:14am
	HI Goose, Does the self adjuster work the way a cars does when the brake a applied in reverse?
	Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition

Goose Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672	Posted: 15 Sep 2012 at 7:35pm
	Tidalwave they are self adjusting, what was seen was the self adjusting lever that turns the star wheel to adjust the brakes as needed. The adjusting wheel is behind the lever out of sight until you raise the lever up. ahopes that this helps you. Goose
	Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee

TIDALWAVE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Location: MINNESOTA Online Status: Offline Posts: 315	Posted: 15 Sep 2012 at 6:48pm
	The subject came up on a different thread...but no answer. Does the R-Pod have self adjusting brakes? One owner opened a hub port and could not find any adjusting 'star'-wheel. Thus he assumed that the brakes were self-adjusting. Was he correct?
	TIDALWAVE