Posted by Michael Soldan on July 14, 2009 at 06:41:31 from (24.235.41.223):
In Reply to: OT Trailer brakes posted by p55 on July 14, 2009 at 03:18:17:
MF Poor has pretty much summed up what you have to do.I do a fleet of twenty trailers every year for a friend of mine. Sometimes you think you have a ground but it is poor. I take a battery booster cable from the truck bumper or hitch to the trailer and the tale will be told. I usually use my grinder to make a small bare metal patch on the truck and on the trailer where it won't show. Lights will do the weirdest things if the ground isn't right.Both left and right will flash when you signal one way or the other, clearance lights will flash with the signals, brake lights will be dim..just weird stuff because th ground isn't right. Find that brake pin and ground the system. You can always tell if trailer brakes have been working..3 ways...the face of the drum is shiny from the magnet rubbing it, the drum surface is shiny from the shoes rubbing them and the magnet will not light up your test light with the brake applied. If the magnet looks bluish it is likely cooked.Lube all moving parts in the brake, activating arm, shoe pivots, adjusters etc. Re grounds, I sometimes attach a wire from component to component on the trailer to ensure ground.For example I will metal screw a piece of wire to the inner fender and then to the frame of the trailer, this guarantees a ground even when rust breaks the original ground weld.
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