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04-02-2018, 07:28 PM #81
Nuffsaid - An interesting observation.
I just had a conversation with a friend who recently traded his SOB 11,000 lb 5th wheel for a new Reflection 303. Same tow vehicle and yet he does not feel that the 303 brakes are doing nearly as much as the same 12 x 2 electric drum brakes did on his previous trailer. My first thought was greased brakes . . . but, he has the red grease LCI hubs meaning that these were built after the greasing automation was implemented.
There was discussion a while back about the gauge of the wires supplying the electromagnets being very light. I wonder if there is something else contributing to the lack of braking on GDRV products even if the brakes themselves are up to spec?
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04-02-2018, 07:41 PM #82
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04-02-2018, 07:46 PM #83
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04-02-2018, 08:46 PM #84
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From what I have been told is that those little connectors they use on the trailer wires for the brakes aren't very good. In fact a mechanic that works on trailers said when they have a new trailer come in they replace all of them.
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04-03-2018, 02:41 PM #85
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04-22-2018, 11:18 AM #86
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I have had 1 panic stop after I installed my disc brakes. They paid for themselves at that point.
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04-21-2019, 08:46 PM #87
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I thought I would check back in a year later on my disc brake conversion. Best money I ever spent!!!! Over 3,000 miles, never an issue except a little too aggressive braking if my foot is a little heavy on the brake pedal. I have had the trailer in rain, snow and hot weather and never an issue.
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02-08-2023, 09:55 AM #88
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Brake Controller adapter
Nuffsaid, I'm wondering if you had to add an adapter for the brake controller. I have a 2019 Denali 2500HD Duramax and thought that I didn't need to use an adapter; that the truck brake controller would handle the new disc brakes. I got my disc kit from Stop Your Trailer and Bill sent an adapter along with it. (I told him what truck I had.) Do I really need to install the adapter or can I do as you did and just install the BrakeRite actuator? I plan to install the disc brakes as soon as the weather is warm.
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02-08-2023, 09:29 PM #89
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Try it without the adapter. I didn't use an adapter on mine and it works flawlessly. Worst problems I have had is turning sharp going slow and having the pin get pulled for the brake away switch, which quickly stops progress, LOL
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02-09-2023, 07:37 AM #90
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