Trailer brakes
Ive got a question when applying my manual override lever on my tekonsha p3 controller should my 5th wheels wheels lock up if controllr is set to 13v.... Ive had my brakes adjusted and inspected and I...
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B.O. Plenty wrote:RCMAN46 wrote:I agree. My brakes are the newer self adjusting type. These are designed to adjust them selves when going forward. I recently had a wheel bearing/brake service at a dealer. When leaving I manually tried my brakes and they did almost nothing. I used the recommended method from Dexter of manually applying them many times while driving to burnish them in. After 10 or so applications they once again started working well. I would recommend this.
If your brakes were way out of adjustment then you probably are not getting full contact between the shoes and drums.
It will take perhaps a 1000 miles for the shoes to wear in to match the drums. Then the brakes will need to be adjusted again.
B.O.
So how Exactly did you manually apply them? Just activate the manual lever while driving alot to heat an up and Basicly form them?
