madonetwo wrote:
Now trying to disconnect RV from truck and pin is tightly stuck in the hitch. Service tech put it in at dealership so we never have pulled it and have no idea of how "tightly" it might fit into the device. But it had popped out as we made tight backup turns so seems that it pops our easily.
You should never have to pull the PIN out of the switch box...
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When disconnecting the trailer from the truck hitch only the long wire cable should be removed from the the truck frame... The long wire cable PIN should not be pulled oout of the break-away switch box... Doing so will engage your trailer battery and lock up your trailer brakes and run down you battery.
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My wire cable is connected to the holes around the bumper mounted trailer hitch.. I use one of these D-RINGs that goes through one of the holes on the truck side of the trailer hitch where the cross chains go. This makes for easy connection of the steel cable coming from the break-away switch on the trailer. The coiled cable like shown here is great to have as it keeps the pull cable away from dragging on the ground and away from other things that might snag it and pull the the wire out of the break-away switch...
Something like this photo but I have the D-RING going through the hole and connect the break-away long cable to the the D-RING... The idea of course is if the trailer becomes disconnected from the the truck hitch the break-away cable gets pulled which activates the brakes on the trailer using the the trailer 12V battery for battery source...
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I am not in favor of hooking up the break-away long cable to the cross chains as shown above - It should be connected through a hole of some sort to the truck side of the trailer hitch... The cross cable shown here could possible get bounced out of the hole for one reason or another....
Roy Ken
