eb145 wrote:
I ran 10 gauge wire (both hot and ground wire) from front of trailer to both axles. No more voltage drop.
But the rear axle still is not doing much braking. I unhooked the front axle wire and did some testing of my rear axle brakes. They barely do anything. They gradually slow the trailer down but aren't very useful for braking.
I adjusted them after replacing with 10 gauge wire and no luck.
I haven't taken the drum off yet - there might be some obvious mechanical problem. Maybe tomorrow.
Ed
Good call on the 10 ga wire. Do you have easy-lube axles? Maybe you have grease on the pads. I had one dead brake on my new 5th and turned out to be a combination of being very loose to begin with, not seated/worn in as much as the othe brakes once I did adjust them, plus I had to wipe down the pads several times with solvent before they came clean. Now it is slowly getting better and is nearly as hot as the other 3. In addition, it will now lock on gravel. When I started, it was ice cold.
