Self Adjusting Brakes? 2010 8280WS

[azwade]

Does anyone know if my 2010 Rockwood 8280WS has self adjusting brakes?

Thanks in advance.

azwade

[h20ski]

I do not know for sure but, check your backing plates, my manual adjust brakes only had one hole for adjusting. I just installed never adjust and they have 2 adjusting holes per backing plate.

Hope this helps.

[donanddona]

Just had mine worked on. Mechanic manually adjusted them, and yes they are suppose to be self adjusting. They also checked that break away switch to ensure proper operation..

[Sponge1971]

Originally Posted by h20ski

I do not know for sure but, check your backing plates, my manual adjust brakes only had one hole for adjusting. I just installed never adjust and they have 2 adjusting holes per backing plate.



Hope this helps.

FWIW...I'm quite confident that my brakes are self-adjusting, and they don't have any holes in the backing plate.

I'm getting acquainted with our new 2014 Vibe 6504 (4400# Lippert axle with AxleTek-10-GG brakes)
-the Lippert 'store' sells 10" self-adjust and the big picture has the sticker on the inside with "Axletek-10-GG"
- I didn't pull the drum to absolutely verify it...but where the 'hole' should be there is only a solid indent. Unfortunately, the pic doesn't show it (I'm old and had trouble reading the embossing) but it kinda shows that is not a plug.


So...maybe the plug count isn't totally reliable?

There's a sales pitch pic on the Lippert site about self-adjust and it seems to state that the self-adjust feature is done by a little cable tied to the middle of one of the pads. Non-self-adjust won't have that cable. For-sure-for-sure would require pulling the drum... ... ... Yeah, I didn't either.