RV Service
Most RVs come equipped with an onboard service center, which allows you to connect the vehicle to city water, recharge its batteries, refill fresh water tanks and more. The RV service center is a vital component of a comfortable road trip, giving you the opportunity to fuel up on the beneficial substances, drop off the unwanted ones, and make sure you and your rig are ready for another leg of the journey.
Because the RV service center is so important, we created a series of tutorials to teach you how to properly operate its functions and best utilize its capabilities. With these step-by-step demonstrations, you’ll learn to hook up, fill, empty and detach the hoses and cords that make up the RV service center.
RV service expert Dave Solberg walks you through the process of properly using a service center, showing you the safest and quickest ways to drain a water heater, dump a black water tank and even install an outdoor shower. Follow along with Dave’s simple guide to working with an RV service center, and you’ll have no trouble getting all the essentials on board and getting back on the road!
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4:07Trailer Brakes: A Quick Overview
In this video lesson RV maintenance expert Dave Solberg gives an informative overview of electric trailer brakes. Follow along to find out how they work and what maintenance is required each year when you complete your total vehicle inspection. How Trailer Brakes Work Trailer brakes found on most modern trailer models are actually similar to…
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3:20Tips for Inspecting Brakes on a Motorized Gas Chassis
As you complete your annual RV inspection, be sure to include your vehicle’s front and rear brakes. On larger rigs with motorized gas chassis, braking systems consist of disc brakes, which erode over time and need to be inspected at least once a year at a service center with a capable lift. In this free…
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3:33RV Fresh Water Tank Sanitizing Tutorial
One of our Club members reached out with an important question: is there a safe and efficient way to flush an RV fresh water tank? The answer is yes, but as we’ve learned, rule number one for RV maintenance is all units are not built the same. Thus, what works for your particular motor home…
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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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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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6:04Measuring RV Dimensions For Safe Clearance
Fact: everyone who operates an RV, trailer, motorhome or fifth wheel should measure the dimensions of their rig. Fiction: it’s okay to take the dealer’s measurements for granted, whatever the sticker says is final. Want to know why that second sentence is false, and the first is true? In this lesson, we discuss exactly that,…
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2:03RV Leveling Jacks Not Working: Troubleshooting Tips
We’ve had a handful of members write in wondering what to do when the leveling jacks on their RV’s slide room, fifth wheel or tow trailer aren’t working properly. For most of these cases, their hydraulic system has either taken on a disturbing growling noise upon descension of the leveling jacks or they simply won’t…
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3:43RV Weight Ratings: Basics and Considerations
Just because your motorhome, travel trailer or fifth wheel has space for all of your belongings and the entire extended family doesn’t mean it’s safe to stuff everything in the RV and hit the road. Each recreational vehicle has a maximum weight capacity, or weight rating, and exceeding that limit can cause mechanical issues and…
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4:06Inspecting RV Tires Prior to Trip Departure
You may have remembered to test the engine, batteries, windows, slide rooms, appliances, windshield wipers and toilet, but if you haven’t checked the status of your RV tires, you’re not ready to hit the highway. We see blowouts and alignment troubles strike RVers at the worst moments, often as a result of entirely preventable issues…
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