Electric Trailer Brakes and Gain Caused Wear
In 2012 I replaced all components of the electric brakes on the 5th wheel, from backing plate out and all bearing components (not hub). Last year (2015) I started getting "trailer wiring fault" inter...
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waltbennett wrote:
Your brakes (if Dexter) should be self adjusting and that shouldn't be an issue, especially since you've had them for 4 years.
There are still many trailers out there that do not have self adjusting brakes. I just replaced my brake assemblies and had a choice of Dexter regular brakes or self adjusting. I spent the extra $$ and went with self adjusting as an upgrade.
We should not assume that the OP's brakes are self adjusting and he hasn't actually stated what style he has. he mentioned "adjusting" them in on the road (burnishing) and one initial adjustment. But it may be that all they need at this time is a manual adjustment as the symptoms sound like out of adjustment brakes.
