"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 01:40:42 -0700, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:


Last year, about this time, I replaced all four brake rotors, backing
plates, and calipers. I'm about 99.44% sure that this was necessary
because people had backed my trailer without releasing the surge
brakes electrically (that is the only way to do so with my coupler).

Can you explain this to me? ...Or explain your thoery on
why not releasing surge brakes caused all this apparatus
to fail ? (I don't know jack about surge brakes), but it
would seem to me that if you tried to back up a trailer
with brakes on that it would be hop, skip, and jumping
all around the place, and generally lettung you know that
the brakes are on. Also, I lost track of how any of this
was caused by water etc. (something about the solenoids?)

Thanks





When I replaced the brakes, I checked the springs and felt that I
could get a few more years service out of them. However, this year I
replaced all four springs, one of which failed, one fell apart while I
was removing it, and the other two had cracks in at leas one leaf.
Again, I'm pretty sure these springs were damaged by torque from
locked rotors...
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