Terrible factory splices in brake wiring
OMG, I never would have thought splices in the brake wiring could be this bad. Am just replacing the backing plate assemblies on one axle. The first couple of splices I looked at were pretty bad...
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GrandpaKip wrote:Got it all in yesterday. If you'd call it a star pattern, that's what I did. I tied the cable to the propane pipe all the way down one side and then with a splice at each drum on that side, ran across to the other end of the axle. Do they do it in series sometimes? That'd create more voltage drop and the last brake.
Are you going to rewire with a star pattern or keep it in series?
(If you already said, sorry, I missed it)
Have to say, that was not a fun job crawling around under the trailer much of the day. Starting to feel my age. :(
If heavier gauge wire is what should be used, the holes in the axle tubes aren't large enough for more maybe more than 16 ga. with jacketed cable. The wire would have to have been installed by the axle manufacturer, in our case Al-ko.
