Flaky trailer brakes - new magnets?

Flaky trailer brakes - new magnets?

03-09-2008, 06:56 PM

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TLarsen

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Flaky trailer brakes - new magnets?

My 5 year old 16' 7k lb car hauler trailer electric brakes have always been a bit weak and started pulsating last year. I bought this trailer new, and it only has about 7-8000 miles on it. It has the easy grease spindles, so I've never pulled the drums before. This year I replaced the pos brake controller with a Tekonsha P3. I just hooked up the trailer for the first time this year and the P3 reports an overload when moving, and it's fine when the not moving. So I pulled the drums off and the magnets wires are obviously being pulled into the hub during braking, one side has worn through the insulation to the bare wire.

Should there be more slack in the wires than this? Can I just splice in more wire, or should I just buy new magnets?

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