[Shop-talk] brake problems on a goose neck trailer

Randall tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Tue Jun 21 11:38:22 MDT 2011


> 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?

Sounds more like a mis-wiring problem to me.  I'd hook it up and see what is
happening directly at the passenger side brakes.  Almost sounds like they
are serving as a ground path for something else.

Do the brakes drag if you jack it up and plug it in?

-- Randall 


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