Testing Trailer Brakes with Break Away Cable
Trailer has weak brakes even with controller set to full power. Two trips back to dealer and dealer states brakes work fine and problem is with my vehicle (wiring). I do not believe them. The con...
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Oldglenn wrote:
We have the same problem! My friend and I both took our 5th wheel trailers to the same brake shop, he in Apr/13 and me in May/13. We both drove in with working brakes and were told it was time to replace them. We did and we both drove away with virtually no brakes. He took his trailer back and after a day of dubious effort he drove away with no improvement.
We were both told it takes 1,000 to 2,000 km to break in the brakes. I had an independant mechanic check the brakes; excellent work and excellent brand (Dexter).
So how many people are driving down the road with new non-working brakes? I wonder what the judge in traffic court would say to me? Surely this is wrong. Does anybody in the know have the answer?
This makes me scratch my head :h
Except my first recommendation is to validate the adjustment, it made quite a difference in my situation.
What gets me is that on new drum brakes I have never seen worse performance with new pads than compared with the old pads. Maybe they do require an adjustment and maybe there is a wear-in time but I would google this to see what you get.
Yes something does not seem right. Remember both of you are having the same problem after coming out of the same repair facility.
