Converting surge breaks into electric. Cost?
It seems to convert surge breaks to electric in Hi Lo campers you have to get a new axle . the cost is extremely high. I thought this was the in all camper .But recent google searches have indicated...
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rivertrails wrote:
Oh. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I thought it was much higher priced to convert them than that. I'm going to look at the trailer tomorrow. He just said it doesn't have breaks.( I take it they just don't work) He doesn't know what kind was originally on there. How can I tell by looking with out pulling the tire if surge or electric brakes are on there now.(I'M a woman who unfortunately doesn't know much at all about mechanics. From the pic I can see it doesn't have the piston looking container on the tongue that surge brakes have, But if the brakes longer work it could have just been removed.
If surge brakes were originally installed, you should see hydraulic lines running from the tongue to each wheel. Electric brakes would have wires running to each wheel (possibly inside the axle tube for part of the run). Electric brakes would also have a break-away switch on the tongue (small black box with 2 wires out the back, and a plastic pin/lanyard out the front).
Cheers!
Mike
