My uncle has a trailer he needs some work done on that was a pretty big basket case to I started trying to get everything going. I have pretty much everything fixed but I'm having issues with the brakes.
It is a tandem axle gooseneck. When it came to me all four of the brake wires had been cut. Evidently someone couldn't get them to unlock to they just cut the wires. I pulled all four assemblies off and replaced with 4 new Dexter 8 lug assemblies. My understanding is that the magnets do not have a polarity per se so I can hook them up either way. The way these go is one set of two wires comes down the trailer then splits and hooks to one brake and goes across the axle to the other brake. It is the same for the rear axle. My brake controller is not recognizing they're hooked up at all. I am getting power from the blue wire on the controller. The only thing I can think of is that the assemblies are wired opposite of each other on their axle and it's causing a problem with the flow to ground?
I also replace the breakaway switch while messing with the brakes if that might be something with it.
Let me know if I need to clarify anything. Haha
It is a tandem axle gooseneck. When it came to me all four of the brake wires had been cut. Evidently someone couldn't get them to unlock to they just cut the wires. I pulled all four assemblies off and replaced with 4 new Dexter 8 lug assemblies. My understanding is that the magnets do not have a polarity per se so I can hook them up either way. The way these go is one set of two wires comes down the trailer then splits and hooks to one brake and goes across the axle to the other brake. It is the same for the rear axle. My brake controller is not recognizing they're hooked up at all. I am getting power from the blue wire on the controller. The only thing I can think of is that the assemblies are wired opposite of each other on their axle and it's causing a problem with the flow to ground?
I also replace the breakaway switch while messing with the brakes if that might be something with it.
Let me know if I need to clarify anything. Haha