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06-01-2007, 08:40 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: BRADLEY
Posts: 14
M.O.C. #7229
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BRAKES LOCKING UP
I HAVE HAD BRAKES LOCKINGUP PUT NEW ASSEMBLIES ON AND STILL LOCK
ANY SUGGESTIONS
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06-01-2007, 09:16 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Rapid City
Posts: 739
M.O.C. #77
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I assume you are talking about the brakes on your Montana. The most probable cause is the brake controller in you TV. Try this procedure:
1. Set you controller to the max using the manual brake slide/lever.
2. Try to pull forward. If the wheels are locked, back off the voltage adjustment & try again.
3. Continue to back down the voltage adjustment to the point where the wheels just barely turn without locking up.
4. If you are using a Prodigy Controller, that voltage will be around 8.0 (plus or minus a little bit). Other controllers that do not show the voltage will require several attempts to find the right setting. Try to reach that point that when you are braking extremely hard, that the wheels almost (but not quite)lock up on dry pavement.
5. Remember that they may still lock on wet pavement, dirt roads, etc. Further adjustment might be necessary for different environments.
Good luck.
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06-01-2007, 09:44 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: BRADLEY
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M.O.C. #7229
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by lasater
I assume you are talking about the brakes on your Montana. The most probable cause is the brake controller in you TV. Try this procedure:
1. Set you controller to the max using the manual brake slide/lever.
2. Try to pull forward. If the wheels are locked, back off the voltage adjustment & try again.
3. Continue to back down the voltage adjustment to the point where the wheels just barely turn without locking up.
4. If you are using a Prodigy Controller, that voltage will be around 8.0 (plus or minus a little bit). Other controllers that do not show the voltage will require several attempts to find the right setting. Try to reach that point that when you are braking extremely hard, that the wheels almost (but not quite)lock up on dry pavement.
5. Remember that they may still lock on wet pavement, dirt roads, etc. Further adjustment might be necessary for different environments.
Good luck.
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06-01-2007, 09:46 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: BRADLEY
Posts: 14
M.O.C. #7229
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Thanks for the reply the controller is fine just one wheel locks
have it in the shop everything looks fine but still hangs.
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06-01-2007, 09:49 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posts: 4,876
M.O.C. #1944
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Back in 2000 shortly after we bought our rig, one wheel would lock up similar to what you're talking about. Turned out that it was caused by brake dust inside the drum. Cleaned it out and brakes never locked up again.
Orv
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06-01-2007, 02:46 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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This is probably a longshot but if none of the other suggestions prove fruitful.... We once had this problem when the brake linings were worn so far that the cam would go past its high point and would not return. The result was locked brakes. In our case the linings were so worn because the brakes on just one axle were doing all the stopping. The other axle's brakes had never engaged because of a bad electrical connection.
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06-03-2007, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: BRADLEY
Posts: 14
M.O.C. #7229
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I would like everyone for there help but the problem I found
out from the shop is that I have a bent spindle I was afraid
that would be the cause.
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