Frank,
I am having a hard time coming up with a likely electrical fault that
explains all this. I think a more likely explanation is that when
applied, the brakes are not releasing, or releasing very
slowly. Perhaps the return springs are weak. You should be able to
jack up the trailer and spin the wheels by hand to experiment. My
guess is that the wheels will spin free with the electric connected,
but continue to drag after brake application.
-Steve Trovato
strovato@optonline.net
At 08:40 AM 6/21/2011, Frank Vantacich wrote:
>I have a dual axle 25' goose neck trailer with electric brakes. The two brake
>drums on the passenger side get extremely hot after a six mile trip with no
>load. The two drums on the other side are perfectly cool. The trailer has less
>than 10K miles on it and is 7 years old. I have stripped down both backing
>plates and cleaned everything up and adjusted the brakes more than once, both
>drums have new bearing. The drums get extremely hot only when the trailer is
>connected electrically, if I don't connect it the outside hubs get just a
>little
>warm. Do I have a short for those to wheels?
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Frank V.
>rustymetal@sbcglobal.net
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