I live in northern NJ the most populous state in the union. Traffic is dense and many of the drivers are even more dense! I live less than a mile from Mercedes and BMW headquarters so there are loads of vehicles that literally can stop on a dime and they do. There is no fun driving RV's around here. I try to sneak out of the area at low traffic times. I drove this coach 1300 miles from Tampa with a fresh brake job from Jim Bounds shop. The trip started out OK and jus thought the brakes had to break in. Had wheels pulled and readjusted breaks along the way because TPS system installed by Jim B showed overheating of tires. Professional brake shop did the work. By the time I got to NJ it took a quarter mile to stop coach from 60 mph. When I get the coach back from Ken, if the snow ever stops, I will have driven 100 miles and will ride the brakes to get the most wear. The carbon metallic shoes that Jim B installed and I replaced out of desperation showed very little wear at the
middle. The new shoes are from a speed shop brake company in California. When I get home I will see how the brakes are. Remember this coach has a two foot stretch and about 1000# of solid steel welded like a cow catcher under the radiator. Lots of extra weight! If it doesn't stop well after I am seriously considering a hydro boost system that Jim K shows.
Thanks for all the input and thought everyone here put into this. More opinions and input lead to better conclusions and ultimately to better results. I will post again after I drive it home. Ken also installed the second new power booster and the third master cylinder so he wasn't happy with just fixing my screw ups on the rear brakes when I reinstalled them.

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Advanced Concept Ener wrote on Sat, 07 February 2015 10:43

Did the booster and/or MC get replaced with the brake job?