Straight up--take the trailer and rig to the biggest trailer service
facility you can find in your area and have them go through it. It will
cost you a tiny amount (at least it did for me) and the brakes will work
properly. You've got too many factors in play to adjust them without lots
of experience. You controller may not be properly leveled, the sensitivity
might be too high, it could be installed improperly, it might be the wrong
kind of controller for the weight you're carrying, your brakes might be
worn/greasy/sticking/have a weak solenoid/bad electrical connection. The
adjustment might not be right. Your karma might have run over your dogma.
Trailers make everyone crazy.
-----Original Message-----
From: MJSUKEY@cs.com [mailto:MJSUKEY@cs.com]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:27 AM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net; fot@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: trailer brakes
Looking for some advice from the "experts" out there. I purchased a new
tandem axle car trailer that has electric brakes on both axles. I'm going
nuts trying to get them adjusted correctly. After trying to tweak them by
making road side adjustments coming home from a trip last weekend I gave
up
and drove home with the controller turned down. Since then I decided to
start from scratch, I jacked the trailer up and adjusted each wheels brake
until I could no longer turn the wheel. I then backed off each one 15
notches. This should make them all equal right? I took it out for a spin
last night and 1) the trailer seems to want to pull to the left when the
brakes are applied. 2) the tires on the right side of the trailer will
lock
up first. This seems conflicting to me. Also when I walked back to the
trailer and touched the wheels the ones on the left felt cool to the touch
and I could definitely feel heat on both right side wheels. This is where
I
started. What the heck am I missing here? Any advice?
Marty
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