Looking for better rotors
After one trip down the Bighorns my rotors warped, pulsing pretty bad, seemed the right front wheel was very hot compared to the rest and had a heavier dust buildup on the rim. Had the Ford dealer in ...
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rhagfo wrote:smkettner wrote:
+1 brulaz, a lot of focus on the truck brakes when the trailer may have been pushing more than it should have.
Well if one is using the Engine brake/Tow-Haul mode, the trailer brake isn't doing any thing!! Just the same as a diesel using an exhaust brake. The service brakes are resting doing that.
If a 5,000# TT caused you issues like that time for some lessons on using Tow/Haul, and an adjustment to the brake controller to put more braking to the trailer.
As my post explained on the previous page..... If you are on a twisty / steep mountain pass, as in one with 10% plus grades, and the speeds are intermediate, as in not fast enough for the drag of the trailer to slow you, yet enough that the brakes get hot, there are limits for what tow haul can do. I have been in a situation with a 4000# trailer, on a secondary road that climbed to a steep pass, and switchbacks back down the other side. There is no option but to stop and cool things down. Perhaps my tekonsha P@ maxed out was not sufficient, but I don't think my newer factory controller would have saved the day either.
The F150's brakes don't fade hardly at all, up to and including overheating, so there is almost none of the usual indications of overheating.
I have never encountered this ever on any interstate, only on secondary routes, and my rig is dialed, you can't tell the trailer is there while braking.
