Suspension › Front › Wheel bearing
- Summary
- Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana speciality axle TS6 tag axles. Hub overload can cause premature bearing failure at between 12,000 and 20,000 miles.
- Consequence
- This failure could result in the wheel and tire assembly becoming disconnected from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install a revised tag axle suspension arrangement to correct this problem. Also, at intervals of 7,500 miles, owners are requested to arrange to have the tag axle wheel bearings replaced at a dealership or call newell to issue authorization to have these bearings changed in a service facility in the field at newell's expense.