ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Water Pump Replacement

ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Water Pump Replacement

Water Pump Replacement for ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) I was making coffee at a boondock spot outside Moab when the faucet just … stopped. Not a sputter, not a weak trickle — nothing. Turned the valve handle full open and got dead silence from under the RV where the pump should’ve been humming. That’s the … Read more

ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) Most RV owners assume that a roof leak is just a roof leak—water comes in somewhere, you find the wet spot, you slap some caulk on it, and you’re done. That assumption costs people thousands of dollars on Super C platforms like the Accolade, and … Read more

ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Slide-Out Motor Replacement

ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Slide-Out Motor Replacement

Slide-Out Motor Replacement for ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) Last spring I spent an afternoon on an Entegra Accolade parked two sites down from me — the owner had been ignoring the grinding noise from the starboard slide for three weeks before finally asking for a second opinion. The slide would extend maybe halfway, hesitate, strain … Read more

NEWMAR BAY STAR – Slide-Out Motor Replacement

NEWMAR BAY STAR – Slide-Out Motor Replacement

Slide-Out Motor Replacement for NEWMAR BAY STAR Let a slide-out motor fail without replacement and you’re looking at a jammed room, a stripped gear assembly, and potentially thousands in collateral damage to the entire mechanism. I’ve watched owners delay this repair by weeks, thinking it’s a minor annoyance, only to call me from a campground … Read more

NEWMAR BAY STAR – Water Pump Replacement

NEWMAR BAY STAR – Water Pump Replacement

Water Pump Replacement for NEWMAR BAY STAR I have a photo on my phone from two winters ago—a Newmar Bay Star parked in the Sonoran Desert, and me standing in front of the fresh water cabinet with a corroded pump connector in my palm, the spade terminals green with oxidation and the housing cracked from … Read more

NEWMAR BAY STAR – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

NEWMAR BAY STAR – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for NEWMAR BAY STAR “Drew, I just picked up a ’09 Bay Star at auction and the ceiling around the AC unit is starting to stain. Am I looking at major structural damage, or can I catch this before it gets out of hand?” That’s the call I got from … Read more

Top 20 Class C RV Models and Their Top 3 DIY Repairs

Top 20 Class C RV Models and Their Top 3 DIY Repairs

Top 20 Class C RV Models and Their Top 3 DIY Repairs My hands are usually covered in something—grease, caulk, or whatever fluid decided to leak onto the bay floor that morning. After eighty-thousand miles and three different rigs, I’ve learned that Class C failures follow a pattern you can actually predict. A water pump … Read more