trailer brakes

It could be a bad ground, or the solenoid is a common problem. You can replace just the top part of the solenoid and not have to re-bleed the system.

The “slapping and slop” is probably caused by the master cyl. or shock absorber instead of the solenoid. The solenoid is for releasing the brakes for backing. Not sure on drum or disc, but you can look inside the wheel and see if you have an exposed “disc” with brake caliper, or fully enclosed “drum” which covers the hub and brake pads. D.Last edited by dbasketman on April 27th, 2010, 9:00 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Thanks Phil.Im sure Ill find something cracked,kinked or split. Well see. Ill post when I find it.

BCB actually cuts a hole in the inserts for the bearing cover to have room now. There is not a deeper center cap, and they decided to not leave it off. They just barely touched on the bearing buddies new. They also do not suggest you ever use a grease gun on the bearings. They suggest every 3 to 5 years you just break them down. Think about it this way, the hubs are a sealed system. There is no where for the grease you pump in to go unless you blow a seal on the hub or it gasses from too much grease. Once that seal blows out there is a lip on the seal on both sides, one points in, and one points out. Once you blow those lips on the inside, then there is a crease where the lip blows out against the outer seal, and the seal is flipped on part of the spindle. This allows water to enter the hub when hot and it travels through that opening where the seal is flipped on both ends. The flip of the seal only is about 1 to 2″ long. Though it will get water in the bearings. DO NOT USE A GREASE GUN ON THE HUBS> !There is more information on your rig in the FAQ section. BCB http://basscatowners.yuku…ic-with-trailer-bearingshttp://basscatowners.yuku…s/67/BassCat-FAQ-Archivehttp://basscatowners.yuku…6/Bearings-repack?page=2

Try this, reverse the light plug and turn on the parking lights, then see if it back up. That would indicate you dont have a reverse wire lead, which is our suspicion as you just rewired.

The Blue wire on the trailer should be reverse. There also could be a solenoid out.

I had the same thing happen at EverStart tournament at the Detroit River. On the underside of the trailer tongue is a brake release, behind were the ball goes and it got stuck on mine and when I release it, it released the brakes. Heres a picture of what I am talking about, hope this helps.