RV Maintenance
With so many working parts and complicated components, an RV requires much upkeep and maintenance. Routine RV maintenance and repair ensures your rig is ready for the journey, trip after trip, and helps you milk the most from your investment. When you take care of your motorhome, your motorhome takes care of you, getting you safely from place to place as you roll in style.
In these step-by-step tutorials, we teach you the expert advice you need to complete any RV maintenance. You’ll learn how to properly inspect your RV’s exterior, upgrade appliances and electronics, test plumbing and power systems and keep your motorhome running as efficiently as possible.
Of course when it comes to the great unknown of America’s backcountry, we can’t always predict when a problem will arise. That’s why a portion of our series is dedicated to troubleshooting RV maintenance. If your fridge bites the dust or the A/C is on the fritz, we’ve got the expert RV maintenance tips and techniques to help you find the solution to your problem.
If you administer regular RV maintenance and inspection before and after trips, and you know what to do when surprises arise, you’ll be prepared for anything that comes your way…except bears, you’re on your own with those guys!
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2:02Repairing a Broken Water Heater Drain Plug
A broken water heater drain plug on your RV can be a hassle to repair, depending whether your plug is metal or plastic. In this free video, Dave Solberg teaches you a couple quick solutions for removing a corroded or broken plug from the exterior of your RV’s water heater. You’ll learn how to diagnosis…
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3:34How to Prevent Air Conditioner Condensation
If you’ve traveled in your RV during the peak of summer, you may have experienced what happens when the air conditioning unit goes into overdrive to combat the high heat: condensation! Air conditioner condensation can drip into the interior of your unit and cause a few different problems, including soiled carpet and increased cabin humidity.…
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3:19Troubleshooting a Rooftop RV Air Conditioner
If your RV air conditioner doesn’t seem to be operating at maximum capacity, there are a number of things you can check for and update. Proper troubleshooting of RV AC requires that you thoroughly inspect your rig for any components that might hinder airflow. To help you discover what’s affecting your AC’s capabilities, RV expert…
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3:43Optimizing Your RV Rooftop Air Conditioning
We’ve found that most RVers expect more from their RV rooftop air conditioning units than their maximum capability. Generally, rooftop A/C has the capacity to cool a unit to 20 degrees below outdoor temperature, so on the hottest of days you shouldn’t expect inside temperature to be as cozy as you might like. However, there…
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2:24How to Secure a Loose RV Refrigerator
If the side-by-side refrigerator on your fifth wheel or motorhome seems to shift out of place while you’re driving, there could be several simple solutions. Depending on the type of RV refrigerator you own, the fix you need might also be very inexpensive. To help you find the proper cure for what ails your fridge,…
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5:39Improving P30 Chassis Motorhome Stability
We recently received a question from a Club member regarding P30 chassis motorhome stability. Specifically, the member wondered if there was anything he could upgrade or tweak as far as the components of his RV’s chassis that would improve its handling. This issue gets raised fairly often, especially when it comes to older models of…
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2:58Adjusting RV Mirrors to Reduce Blind Spots
Before you hit the road in your RV, it’s crucial for your safety and that of other drivers and pedestrians that you reduce the number and size of blind spots along the side of your rig. That can be difficult with some vehicles, as window panes and similar components might limit your ability to see…
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2:00How to Find an RV Slide Out Seal for Older Models
If you’ve recently bought a used RV or own an older model that was produced by a manufacturer no longer in operation, it can be difficult to find replacement parts that fit your vehicle. A Club member emailed us recently to ask where they could purchase an RV slide out seal for their 2004 model.…
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5:56Battery Not Charging: Troubleshooting Tips
We received a question from an RV Repair Club member asking why their RV battery wasn’t holding any juice after a full charging cycle. While the problem of an RV battery not charging typically stems back to one common issue, there are a handful of other possibilities. So in this lesson, we do a little…
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