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Brake rotors need help

Anyone have the part number for a front rotor on a 1999 u270. I did a search on the fore and the number I found my supplier says he can't  match up or find  the number is 3218k167 Meritor is this the right number 
Rick & Hilda looking forward to full- timing one day for now couple of months at a time
1999 U270 3602
Built number  5530.  Feb 1999            Motorcade  number 18438
8.3 Cummins Allison six speed with brake  retarder
Purchased Nov 28 2019

Re: Brake rotors need help

Reply #1 –
I know for a fact that they are still made as I had two replaced on my 98 320 3 years ago. I'll pull my files and see if that work order is there. And I seem to remember posting those number here. Might be under brake slide pins.
Jerry & Nona and Kimeru the cat that thinks she's a dog
1998 36' WTFE U320  #5314 Motorcade #17711
USAF 1975-1995
2019 Subaru Crosstrek 'toad'
2003 Subaru Legacy touring car
jerry Fincher | Flickr

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Quote from: Cape Bretoner –
Anyone have the part number for a front rotor on a 1999 u270. I did a search on the fore and the number I found my supplier says he can't  match up or find  the number is 3218k167 Meritor is this the right number 

Found it. That is in fact the correct part number. I believe all positions use the same rotor as that part number went on my rear axle. Here are the friction pads number for those. 15625-PM 

FinditParts.com
Meritor Brake Shoe Kit | Meritor KIT15625PM | FinditParts
Jerry & Nona and Kimeru the cat that thinks she's a dog
1998 36' WTFE U320  #5314 Motorcade #17711
USAF 1975-1995
2019 Subaru Crosstrek 'toad'
2003 Subaru Legacy touring car
jerry Fincher | Flickr

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Thank Jerry having trouble finding a good part supplier here in Canada and the different in are currency and shipping charges and the duty and custom chargers and taxes at the border  make very discouraging to order parts from the us but I do have to from time to time
Rick & Hilda looking forward to full- timing one day for now couple of months at a time
1999 U270 3602
Built number  5530.  Feb 1999            Motorcade  number 18438
8.3 Cummins Allison six speed with brake  retarder
Purchased Nov 28 2019

Re: Brake rotors need help

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Quote from: Cape Bretoner –
Thank Jerry having trouble finding a good part supplier here in Canada and the different in are currency and shipping charges and the duty and custom chargers and taxes at the border  make very discouraging to order parts from the us but I do have to from time to time
I find it difficult to believe a Canadian parts house couldn't find one in Canada. Last I recall. Canada buys a substantial portion of it's fire engines and other large emergency vehicles from the US. Have you tried bypassing the NAPA parts counter and checked at a large truck repair facility?
Jerry & Nona and Kimeru the cat that thinks she's a dog
1998 36' WTFE U320  #5314 Motorcade #17711
USAF 1975-1995
2019 Subaru Crosstrek 'toad'
2003 Subaru Legacy touring car
jerry Fincher | Flickr

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I'm sure there is a truck parts supplier here in Canada for  drive train parts , put when you contact them and they ask make and model, you tell them a Foretravel they ask u if it's a spaceship .. There may be 12 Foretravel coaches here in all of Canada and no dealers. So more or less I'm relying on this forum to get as much info as possible. Engine parts I just need to give cummins, engine number and I get parts in few days .NAPA are good for belts and hoses  used them Anything else I'm relying on parts numbers and manufactures Brands to go to these suppliers.I did my back brakes last winter had no problem get pads pins spring but now doing front having problems getting a  rotor, will try another truck parts store    we have a number of truck supplier stores just have to search  and I live in a rural village with one hardware store a small truck repair shop with two mechanic the closest town or city is a 100 mile away I've been trying to get shocks for the last two years KONI FSD 8805- 1010 in Canada.  KONI has no truck supplier just one supplier  in Toronto for cars , a performance shop . I live in Nova Scotia 1300 miles away I even tried to cross shocks over to an other make with no  luck needed a voltage regulator for the generator had to go to a supplier in Florida , need a air valve for my step cover tried to get the exact valve had to go to Foretravel need an Fan and air conditioning condenser went to a radiator shop a hundred miles away they had to to call out to some other place which ask to see old one and said maybe they can do it so I ended up ordering from Foretravel  instead of shipping it out the  old one when you're looking for one piece and never had to find that part before it's a challenge I can get an air valve and then would have to spend time to modify it to work at an extra cost  I have no problem repairing my coach with the exact part just not good at having to fabricate something to make it fit. Jerry  I appreciate the information u give me , you don't know how helpful this is . I've only owned my coach less than 2 years and I'm learning my contacts and they  are few apart. Thanks again big dog !
Rick & Hilda looking forward to full- timing one day for now couple of months at a time
1999 U270 3602
Built number  5530.  Feb 1999            Motorcade  number 18438
8.3 Cummins Allison six speed with brake  retarder
Purchased Nov 28 2019

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As Rick said a lot of parts we can't get up here and they charge extra to ship to
Canada and then they charge a brokerage fee. I had one part cost more for shipping
then the part. Now that the border is open and we can go to the states for 72 hours
and not have a covid test I can have stuff sent to Pt Roberts so it is good for me now.
Peter and Frieda Morin
1999 36ft. U320 Foretravel
Build # 5436
1998 Suzuki Sidekick Sport

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As you now know the correct part number. Just have your supplier order it. And I checked and even NAPA sell that rotor and the helper spring kits. So along with the rotor, Friction pads. You absolutely %100 need to also have Meritor kit15018 caliper slide pin return spring. This helps prevent the slide pin from sticking and grinding your pads to metal and ruining your rotor. I imagine that is why you are replacing the rotor. Are they really bad and have DEEP groves in them and the pads are down to metal? If so, That's likely a stuck slide pin and you should replace them as well. And do not let the shop grease the slide pin. Meritor lists a Canadian number (800) 387-3889 and I'm sure you guys have NAPA up north.
Jerry & Nona and Kimeru the cat that thinks she's a dog
1998 36' WTFE U320  #5314 Motorcade #17711
USAF 1975-1995
2019 Subaru Crosstrek 'toad'
2003 Subaru Legacy touring car
jerry Fincher | Flickr

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Thanks for your help the rotor is not grooved it has lost the polished finish on the face.  It's coarse  in spots and then smooth the  inside Finn's are in deteriorating shape the years are there traveling in winter conditions going down south from previous owner I had the front brakes apart last winter the pins are all pitted and the pads are over half Worn down  so I just oil the pins with penetrating oil for time being and reinstalled the right rotor looks in good shap but the middle Finn's are starting to deteriorate also. I was at the end of my budget for last winter  so I just brought it in and started to check her over and found the inner hub seal leaking so I figured I might as well  do the front brakes at this time and seals on both sides so I'm trying to order all the parts before pulling  it apart and May do the air bags too they have been replace about ten years  a go they do not look too be bad except the front right  bag behind the entrance door makes me think they didn't replace it it's the hardest one to get at I read that some have cut a hole in front entrance stairs wall to get at air line and bolt  would also like to change the shocks with the airbags but will have to wait till I make a trip down south to pick them up to save the extra cost. I have done a lot of Pre-maintenance plans to go across Canada and travel back to the east coast doing the upper states I've done all lower states and some of the middle states 
Rick & Hilda looking forward to full- timing one day for now couple of months at a time
1999 U270 3602
Built number  5530.  Feb 1999            Motorcade  number 18438
8.3 Cummins Allison six speed with brake  retarder
Purchased Nov 28 2019

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Cape Bretoner
I find the same thing here in western Canada.
Except for a a Select few coach facilities everyone does not know the foretravel coaches
And on your travel west PM me and we can be the only two foretravel  in western Canada. Lol. I actually think there are a couple in BC
Peter    Alberta Canada
'98 U320 40'  Build 5359 M11 450 HP, Aqua hot, Blu Ox
 

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There's more Canuck Foretravels than you realize. I bought my coach from Reg (RIP) on the Island near Nanaimo. Wayne M lives just a few doors down the street from where Reg lived. Oldguy is in Vancouver. The father of the gal that owns Osborn Bay RV Resort in Crofton on the island drives a Foretravel and he is the fellow I traded Satellite systems with as ours had the Hughes Canadian system and his had Directv.

In fact. If you bring up the member map. I count 21 'members' in BC alone. Now how many of them are actual Foretravel pilots I don't know. Reg (John Hawkes) passed away in 2015 or early 2016.

 
Jerry & Nona and Kimeru the cat that thinks she's a dog
1998 36' WTFE U320  #5314 Motorcade #17711
USAF 1975-1995
2019 Subaru Crosstrek 'toad'
2003 Subaru Legacy touring car
jerry Fincher | Flickr