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My wife is so sweet, she really is...I love that lady with every cell in my body...but my humor....yeah.....she get's disturbed at times....she's like WTF?  Really...???  I'm like hey, it's humor...we should have sold him when he was 5......then she rolls her eyes and I can see a little laugh trying to come out....it's humor.....perhaps more on the Dave Chappelle humor...lol

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The gain does matter when you squeeze the manual controller. That's how you set the gain to the correct value. You drive at 25 mph on level pavement and squeeze the manual controller. The gain should

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Think of it this way, there is no difference in pushing the brake or sliding the switch when it comes to activating the trailer brakes, gain controls the amount of trailer braking for both actions. Th

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This is the video I should have watched from the beginning explaining everything you all explained to me.  How in the hell I got my wires crossed so bad I will never know.  But thank you all for being

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10 hours ago, Jettech1 said:

I wish I could just walk out my front door to my camper and do that too.  It's being stored at my aunt and uncles house 2.5 hours from us because we don't have the room here.  But I would totally be doing that too if it was 30ft from me.  

Its more like 80 ft away, in the barn, collecting dust since its pollen season right now up here. 

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12 hours ago, 64BAwagon said:

https://www.dexteraxle.com/user_area/content_media/raw/600-8k_complete_service_manual.pdf

Pg 5 "electric brakes" outlines the operation. The wheel MUST be rotating in order for the shoes to be moved into the drum surface. It isnt much but its not like automotive hydraulic brakes that press the pads of shoes into the friction surface by hydraulic pressure rather than a leverage type force. 

"Electric Brakes" MUST be rotating is just a little misconceiving for people that know nothing about the mechanics of it. They do not have to be rotating (Rolling), they do have to rotate just a few inches once the magnet is actuated by the peddle or the controller before it engages the shoe to the drum, so if you are sitting still on flat ground in drive let off the brake pedal and engage the brakes with the controller it should not roll far at all before you feel them engage if gain is properly set. 

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2 minutes ago, 64BAwagon said:

 

 

Not sure what your point is. What I said was accurate. 

Just clarifying, what I said is more accurate and self explanatory. 🙃

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If you haven't ever burnished your brakes, you should do that.  Major difference in trailer brake strength once the shoes are properly burnished.

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7 hours ago, Ausslo said:

Just clarifying, what I said is more accurate and self explanatory. 🙃

We will have to agree to disagree. I wasnt trying to flex, just pass on info. 

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43 minutes ago, 64BAwagon said:

We will have to agree to disagree. I wasnt trying to flex, just pass on info. 

Not flexing either just clarifying, if you read the entire post you might understand. Not sure what you disagree with we are saying the same thing with the exception that it has to rotate some to engage- not be rotating, there is a difference. 

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Hey gents, I appreciate all the comments here.  You all have educated me and got me back on the right track.  I truly am very appreciative for it all...group hug... 🤗

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