What does it mean when your brake pedal sinks?

If your brake pedal sinks towards the floor when you are stopped, while your foot is on the brake, or does not feel as firm when the brakes are applied, this could indicate you are having some sort of trouble with your brakes. There are two different kinds of brake systems: disc or drum brakes.

How does a hydraulic brake system work on a RV?

A hydraulic brake system uses hydraulic or brake fluid pushed by a master cylinder when the brake pedal is applied that goes to the brake pads at the wheels and applies the pressure to either a brake drum in older units or the disc/rotor.

How does compression braking work in a motorhome?

Get off the accelerator in your gasoline rig, you feel the immediate change, particularly on the down hill with the gear selector dropped down into the lower range. But just throwing a diesel pusher into a lower gear range doesn’t give anywhere near the kind of “compression braking” we’re used to having.

Why are my brake pads so weak in my RV?

Larger motorhomes with air assist braking systems use air to apply the brake pads so there is no master cylinder and no fluid to check or replace. However, condensation and moisture can still form in the system and cause a weak braking condition.

Where does the low brake pedal come from?

In the next 5 minutes, you will have identified whether the issue causing your low pedal is in the front of your brake system or rear. Nearly every vehicle has a rubber hose at the center of the rear axle that attaches to a block on the rear end.

What to do if your brake pedal is not working?

If the bleeders are not in the correct position, you probably have your calipers on backwards and can fix the problem by switching driver side caliper to passenger side and vice-versa.