Break controller adjustment
The last time I adjusted the controller was years ago. I don't remember how to adjust it and need to. I could smell the truck brakes last time I was out. Help ?....
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I adjusted my trailer brakes setting on a stretch of road near my house that didn't have much traffic on it.
I would speed up to around 25-30MPH and apply brake pedal and adjust my Brake Controller DC VOLTAGE setting to the point of just under sliding any of the tires on the trailer. It takes two or three settings to get the point you like...
My BRAKE CONTROLLER setting ended up around a six (6) for my 4200lb trailer... On dirt roads like heading up to the more remote campgrounds I sometimes will slide my trailer tires. I probably should drop my setting down to around 5 or 5.5 setting. My smaller trailer is easy to tell if you are sliding the trailer tires on the payment. This may be more difficult to tell on the larger trailers brakes...
Everytime I hook up for travel I use my manual slide switch to apply trailer brakes at the first stop we come to before getting out on the main roads without using the truck brake pedal testing if they are working properly... This also removes any moisture that might have accumulated on the electric brake pads from setting for a while...
My Ford Truck built-in Brake Controller is tied into the truck computer system and among other things disengages the Brake Controller when the speedometer is under 10MPH. I really don't like this idea but have not found away to get around it. When I first realized this was happening I thought I had an defective BRAKE CONTROLLER but the Ford maintenance folks told it was suppose to do that on the 2009 and up Ford model truck's built-in brake controllers. This makes me have to hold the manual slide switch 'ON' when sitting at a stop sign that may be on unlevel ground. I fear the heavy trailer may want to pull my truck backwards etc...
Easy SETUP procedure for me...
Roy Ken
I would speed up to around 25-30MPH and apply brake pedal and adjust my Brake Controller DC VOLTAGE setting to the point of just under sliding any of the tires on the trailer. It takes two or three settings to get the point you like...
My BRAKE CONTROLLER setting ended up around a six (6) for my 4200lb trailer... On dirt roads like heading up to the more remote campgrounds I sometimes will slide my trailer tires. I probably should drop my setting down to around 5 or 5.5 setting. My smaller trailer is easy to tell if you are sliding the trailer tires on the payment. This may be more difficult to tell on the larger trailers brakes...
Everytime I hook up for travel I use my manual slide switch to apply trailer brakes at the first stop we come to before getting out on the main roads without using the truck brake pedal testing if they are working properly... This also removes any moisture that might have accumulated on the electric brake pads from setting for a while...
My Ford Truck built-in Brake Controller is tied into the truck computer system and among other things disengages the Brake Controller when the speedometer is under 10MPH. I really don't like this idea but have not found away to get around it. When I first realized this was happening I thought I had an defective BRAKE CONTROLLER but the Ford maintenance folks told it was suppose to do that on the 2009 and up Ford model truck's built-in brake controllers. This makes me have to hold the manual slide switch 'ON' when sitting at a stop sign that may be on unlevel ground. I fear the heavy trailer may want to pull my truck backwards etc...
Easy SETUP procedure for me...
Roy Ken
