Quality of spare parts and safety of traveling in a camper
To prevent a weekend trip or vacation from ending suddenly halfway, a comprehensive inspection of the car is necessary - especially if it has not been used for a long time. Particular attention should be paid to elements that ensure safe movement, such as brakes.
Many campervan owners have already done this or will soon be waking up their vehicle and preparing it for new adventures. Some of the work you can do yourself, while some is best left to a specialist.
In particular, the workshop should check items related to driving safety, such as tires, suspension and brakes. Both in factory campervans and in motorhomes based on buses or vans, these parts are subject to heavy loads. Compromises in quality and technical condition can have disastrous consequences. Moreover, these machines are often loaded and loaded to the maximum (sometimes even excessively), which, combined with a high center of gravity, quickly pushes the chassis and the components working with it to the limit of their capabilities.
Brakes for special applications
When preparing for the season, special attention should be paid to the proper functioning of the brake system components, since they play a particularly important role in ensuring vehicle safety. In an emergency, the discs and pads must brake the entire weight of the vehicle within a few seconds to bring the camper to a stop. This is an incredibly high load for a friction material with an area of several square centimeters.
TMD Friction's Textar brand recommends that camper owners clean and preserve their brakes before the vehicle is parked for long periods of time.
– To avoid damage while parked, it is important to clean the brakes before planning a long break from driving. Especially if the car was used in winter and road salt could accumulate on it. Otherwise, after just a few days, severe rust may appear on the brake discs, which will interfere with comfortable and efficient braking. If you use corroded discs and pads, the friction lining may come off the pad, explains Norbert Janiszewski, technical sales support specialist at the German branch of TMD Friction, who is himself an avid camper owner.
And he immediately adds that if it is necessary to replace brake discs and pads, you should use only high-quality parts from trusted brands. This is because campers balance or even exceed the vehicle's gross vehicle weight rating. This, in turn, requires a certain margin of safety.
Systematic checks
Textar also recommends using engine braking when descending to avoid overheating the brakes and, in the worst case, causing a complete loss of stopping power. RV owners should also check the condition of their brake fluid and change it regularly, which will help prevent brake failure caused, for example, by air bubbles in the brake lines.
High quality parts for a safe journey
Textar's range includes brake discs and pads for many popular vehicles that are often used as bases for camping vehicles, including, for example, Fiat, VW, Ford and MAN vehicles. The knowledge gained as an original equipment supplier for many well-known car manufacturers also has a positive impact on the quality of spare parts offered by the brand. That's because TMD Friction, the company that owns Textar, spends a lot of time and money on research and development, from developing the right mixture to extensive bench and road testing.
The result of the company's more than 100 years of experience in finding reliable and safe solutions for braking systems are, among other things: proprietary mixtures containing up to 43 raw materials, which allows the production of brake pads exactly matched to the specific vehicle and its braking system. The production process uses environmentally friendly materials that do not contain heavy metals and asbestos. Textar also offers brake discs that guarantee braking performance in a wide range of operating conditions, are characterized by high durability despite heavy loads, reduce noise and provide a stable brake pedal feel without jerking when braking, which significantly contributes to driving safety.
Wide Textar offer
Textar's quality brake parts are available not only for the most popular models such as the Fiat Ducato III (Typ 250), Peugeot Boxer, Citroen Jumper or Ford Transit, but also for less common or larger campervans weighing over 7,5 tonnes. , and even built on a truck chassis. Textar also supports changes towards sustainable mobility and its offer already covers 99 percent of electric and hybrid vehicles available in Europe, including electric motorhomes.
To avoid exposing yourself to unnecessary risks when traveling in a heavily loaded vehicle, you should plan in advance to visit a trusted auto repair shop. Especially in the case of safety-related parts such as brakes, inspection by a specialist is necessary, since only professional maintenance and repair using quality spare parts can ensure trouble-free, risk-free and comfortable operation of the camper.
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