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Old 07-19-2019, 09:56 PM   #6
rohrmann
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After a long drive, I noticed the ODS rear wheel was running cooler than the other wheels via my infrared heat reader. I since manually adjusted the brake and so far so good. I then decided to "adjust" the brakes by backing the rig and stopping several times. During this process I noticed while using the manual trailer brake, the trailer brakes don't engage in reverse. However, they engage normally going forward.

It seems to me that if the brakes don't engage in reverse then the auto adjusters will not function properly. Any thoughts?

Your brakes will self adjust without any special work except if there is a failure with the mechanism which can only be seen by removing the drum/hub assembly. This is what one of our brakes looked like earlier this year, and discovered when doing a bearing repack. This is a very good reason to inspect your brakes at least annually.
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