Need help with my Ready Brake System
I really need some help with this braking system. I am towing a Toyota 4Runner with a Drive Shaft disconnect behind my 34' gas Sightseerer. After a lot of thought and research I finally decided to g...
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I helped my neighbor set up his Ford Edge with a Ready Brake. When setup it would buck the first couple of times. Found that when setting up system to do a tow. He had to press on brake pedal to release/dump brake booster. When this was done brakes worked properly.
As suggested above install a light that will come on when brake pedal is applied. This will give you a indication what your brakes on truck are doing. I can see this indicator light in car in my rear view camera.
From your description. It appears that to much braking is being applied to truck. This causes truck to pull away from Ready Brake and release brakes on truck. Then repeat its cycle again.
You may find that your original setup was working. But needed a little fine adjustment to get correct braking. I have the turnbuckle setup like FIRE UP. Makes fine adjustments much easier.
I stopped at NSA last April and had them go through my Ready Brute Elite. One of the repairs they made was to the spring and cylinder. This made my system work much smoother.
One other item that smoothed out brake control was to put a De-Rattler on towbar. This stopped the rattling of hitch in receiver. My neighbor needed 2 on his Ready Brake install. To much slop/looseness in towbar makes the Ready Brake activate erratically. Much the same as you describe.
As suggested above install a light that will come on when brake pedal is applied. This will give you a indication what your brakes on truck are doing. I can see this indicator light in car in my rear view camera.
From your description. It appears that to much braking is being applied to truck. This causes truck to pull away from Ready Brake and release brakes on truck. Then repeat its cycle again.
You may find that your original setup was working. But needed a little fine adjustment to get correct braking. I have the turnbuckle setup like FIRE UP. Makes fine adjustments much easier.
I stopped at NSA last April and had them go through my Ready Brute Elite. One of the repairs they made was to the spring and cylinder. This made my system work much smoother.
One other item that smoothed out brake control was to put a De-Rattler on towbar. This stopped the rattling of hitch in receiver. My neighbor needed 2 on his Ready Brake install. To much slop/looseness in towbar makes the Ready Brake activate erratically. Much the same as you describe.
