rockwind1 wrote:
wopachop wrote:
If you end up replacing the connector on the truck let me know what brand. OEM might be overly expensive i havnt checked. We have the same truck.
I have taken a piece of wire and wrapped it around the connector, twisting it tight. I was getting a loose connection there. Could help in your troubleshooting.
Ive seen some people suggest pulling the emergency brake. Then use a clamp meter to verify proper amps to each wheel. I think its something like 3amps to each wheel. To me that asks a lot of that old loose connector.
thanks! i'm a decent backyard mechanic, but electrical stuff always drives me crazy.
updated update
adjusted abrakes a couple years ago and probably onl 2k miles ago. haven't used trailer much in last few years
went under trailer,, checked all connections, they all looked good, pulled wires out of rubber grommet that the wire go thru to reach other side of axle,, both sides,, and wires all looked good.
i found some wire nuts (i had put them on) that looked good but i decided to try to twist them tighter,, they seemed to twist a bit but i have twisted on many wire nuts over the years, residential and automotive and they seemed somewhat tight but i made them tighter. these are brakes i replaced a coupple years ago. i used wire nuts that have the gooey stuff inside,, so no water and dirt gets in them,,, i then used shrink tubing to shrink wrap the wire nut to the wires going into them for a somewhat weather proof connection.
the other wire nuts seemed fine
so now the "sh" is gone,, and the brakes work great again. was it the wire nuts? was it something else i jiggled? cause i jiggled and pulled on all connections,, there a lot of connections,, on the frame side where the main wires are that go down to the brakes on drivers side,, first there are blue butt connects crimped with a professional looking crimper, it looks like. then it goes into these round connecters that i think have gooey stuff inside them,, then another round connect where it goes into the axel to run to passenger side,, then another round connector over there, 2 of them actually of course.
so my question is,,, why does on bad connect on the trailer brakes,, going to only one brake on one side,, if it has a bad connection,, why does every other brake not work? seems like it would be better to have at least 2 of the 3 axles braking,, i have a triple axle trailer btw.
