Bleeding Brakes

We left RV Parks R Us in Tyler again this morning and drove to Pro One Automotive in Whitehouse. We had high hopes that when we left, they would have discovered the source of our brake problems with the trailer and fixed it. Mike and Dave and their crew certainly worked hard and got complete information from Tucon technical support on how to test the system.

After extensive testing, they decided to bleed the brakes again. They started by bleeding the hydraulic reservoir and then bled all the lines twice thoroughly. The theory is that the two passenger side rear wheels have been the ones carrying the load because the other lines have had air in them. We are hoping that this analysis is correct and that the problem is finally solved. We took a test drive of a 22 mile loop, applying the brakes frequently along the way.

When we pulled back into Pro One, all the brakes were hot, including the truck brakes. The trailer brakes were uniformly hot on all the wheels, which indicates that for right now, there's no problem. Only time will tell if the fix is permanent.

It was late in the day when we left Pro One and headed toward Austin. We're spending the night tonight in a Walmart parking lot in Palestine, TX. Unfortunately it seems that there is a very loud club across the street, with pounding rock music. We're hoping that things will quiet down at some point.


I'm hoping to be able to get together with Loretta in the next day or two. She is at Teresa's home in Austin, awaiting the birth. The baby is due November 15, so it could be anytime. We had originally hoped to get together several days ago, before all the delays with finishing the truck bed modification and fixing the brakes.