Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #25 – November 23, 2011, 04:36:15 pm I use the joystick for all braking. It reduces the use of the service brakes and prolongs life of the brakes. (I recommend that the service brakes be "stomped-on" every time you drive when in crawling speeds to ensure the calipers don't seize from lack of movement.) I'm so used to it that when I get in the car I often reach for the joystick in the Honda... to no avail, however. Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #26 – November 23, 2011, 04:41:32 pm We should definitely do an Inks Lake SP meet up next spring!Quote from: txforetravel – November 23, 2011, 09:04:52 amCongrats and it will be a perfect size for Inks Lake State Park! We hit that park about 3 times a year. It's just 15 min down the road, not even far enough to warm up the engine! Enjoy working on the coach! Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #27 – November 23, 2011, 05:00:03 pm Yes - it gives you flexibility and added safety.With the retarder on and the joystick in position '0', it will act as if there is no joystick. You brake and the retarder starts to operate via the 3 stage pressure switches.Joystick in any other position, it will brake to the % of the joystick setting as soon as you let off the accelerator. As I recall, each position is like 16%.If, for example you are coming off the interstate with the joystick in position 2, as soon as you let up it starts to brake. Increase the joystick to add braking power. You may not have to touch your service brake until like 10 mph... Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #28 – November 23, 2011, 06:14:23 pm I have the retarder with just the switch. I leave it on all the time in case you're wondering. Joy stick would be nice, but you can get by till you run out of other things to spend your money on. Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #29 – November 23, 2011, 09:01:07 pm Hi Benjie, I added the six position joy stick to my 1997 U 320. It is the best modification I have made. There is no way the two systems compare. Foot pedal control is good. Joy stick control is the ultimate. It is makes all driving so much more enjoyable. Remember, the retarder should not be used in the wet stuff.Raymond Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #30 – November 23, 2011, 10:15:16 pm Congratulations on your new vehicle.We added the joy stick to our 1997 U295. I seldom use the joy stick in relatively flat country. We have used it in mountains, and it is very useful there. We have descended significant mountains passes without touching the service brakes. I have used the joy stick to control speed in short rolling hills. I am very pleased that we added it to the coach.The cost for the parts and labor was between $400 and $500 dollars in 2010. Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #31 – November 24, 2011, 10:07:46 am When using the retarder for braking, do the brake lights come on as they would when the foot brake is applied? I ask because this past weekend we lost some friends when their car was rear-ended by a semi. They were slowing and the semi was too close. We don't know whether they had applied the foot brake (which would turn on the brake lights) or whether they had just taken the foot off the gas. They were in a car, not an RV. Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #32 – November 24, 2011, 10:18:21 am Yes, The brake lights come on when the retarder is activated whether it is the single switch type or the joy stick. A friend of mine was the leader in a caravan one time in AL and the rest of us could not figure out why his brake lights kept activating, each time he let off the throttle. Gary B Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #33 – November 24, 2011, 10:30:38 am However, check for your specific coach - this subject has come up before, and not all coaches were wired this way, especially early models. I'm almost certain my jake isn't wired to turn on the brake lights... Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #34 – November 24, 2011, 10:41:19 am Congratulations on the new coach! Tony Quote Selected
Re: 1995 U295 - Purchased!!! Reply #35 – November 24, 2011, 01:31:13 pm Congratulations, I'm sure excited about my new Foretravel. (new to me that is) Quote Selected
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