Trailer Brakes HOT after adjustment
Hello all- Recently completed a bearing pack, bearing seal replacement, and brake adjustment. I can't imaging the heat being caused by the bearing grease packing. Hub adjustment: Hubs were...
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Baja Man wrote:
That was my first thought......I'll re-adjust with no rub and drive test it again
....wonder if any damage occurred?
I don't think any damage, and likely drums were hot from applying brakes repeatedly.
I normally can hear a slight drag after adjusting brakes. As to turns backed out, MINE usually amounts to 3-5 turns out, from a setting of hard to turn wheel, with one hand. Turns out can vary, one trailer to the next, but I go by how easily the tire/wheel spins, for correct adjustment. With a light spin of wheel, I like to see it rotate about one and a half turns before stopping.
With your wheel in the air, grab it at 3 o'clock and 9, try to make it wobble. A barely noticeable wiggle is good. Now give it a light spin, how many revolutions does it go before stopping on it's own? I like to see more than one turn, but more than 2 turns, means there is no drag.
Jerry
