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Recent content by AF_Hemi

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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Tell that to the factory. I (probably like you) have never used the grease zerk. I repack and inspect the bearings annually.
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    It's something I've suspected for a while, just haven't been at a place I could dig in and look.
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Found the problem. Someone needs to lose their job. Unbelievable.
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Unless I did it wrong, I did this. I basically just drug the brake until they each got 350-400 degrees and were smoking.
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Thanks for the detailed response. Some great info here. I agree that breakaway should lock them up. They will lock hard enough to not be able to turn by hand (the rear axle anyway, the front I can still barely turn). Wires are all white. Coming from the truck is the blue trailer brake...
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    For anyone still willing to offer some advice, here's an update: I replaced the trailers 7-pin connector to a Pollack single pin (new style as called for in the Ram TSB). I adjusted all 4 brakes to have a minor rub when no brakes are engaged The system has 1.2 ohms of resistance as measured...
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    I checked the ground connection where the 7-pin connects with the trailer brake ground up in the kingpin. When testing the power at the brakes I used both the ground wire and a separate ground screw and both had the same reading.
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    If you've got a couple thousand dollars extra if gladly upgrade. But in the meantime, I have what I have and my extra few thousand is getting burnt and going out the tailpipe on this trip
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Would one of the magnets cause the other 3 to not work also? I thought about the 7-pin, but how does that explain why they won't work with the breakaway which bypasses the 7-pin
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    I was content to just let it be, but now I've completely lost my brakes altogether. I confirmed they are adjusted properly, I've done the burnishing. There are two wires going back to the brakes. One is power (tied to blue wire from truck and 12v breakaway) and the other is ground. They both...
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    That's what I don't get. That's the same axles I have except mine are Torflex instead of standard leaf. But the brakes are the same. Anyway, I appreciate everyone's input.
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Drove another 300 miles today after a solid burnishing and they still suck. No improvement over pre-burnishing.
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Yes, please let me know what they say!
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Yep, I'm jealous. What brand trailer/axles do you have that have such good brakes?
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    5th Wheel brakes SUCK! Help please.

    Gotcha. There's a little drag. I think they're probably adjusted pretty good. I've towed it 1000 miles so far. First 800 I didn't notice anything (didn't have a reason to... first time owning a trailer this size). Then the emergency stop where I honestly should have crashed, but thankfully...
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