Trailer brake cable replacement12/7/2023 ![]() ![]() It takes me about two hours to do it with an extra pair of hands to help with bleeding, or just under 90 minutes with a pressure bleeder. Be sure you install the plastic spacers for the rear retaining pin correctly during reassembly.Īfter the actuator insert is reassembled, use the dowels to keep everything together as you slide the actuator back into the frame, install the retaining pins and clips, connect the brake lines and reverse wire, then bleed the brakes. The breakaway cable should come with some instructions, a cable routing diagram, a cable retaining bracket, a safely C clip, and the proper cable length info for the actuator you are working on. If the rubber line to metal line fitting by the actuator is not accessible, disconnect the metal brake line at the tee on the axle, tape or tie a small wire to the metal line in case it gets pulled too far into the frame, and then you can slide the actuator out of the frame far enough to get a couple wrenches on the rubber line to metal line fittings. Insert a couple properly sized dowels (or deep sockets) into where the retaining pins were to prevent the actuator assembly from falling apart, and then side the whole actuator insert out of the tongue frame. I think it is much easier to disconnect the rubber brake line where it connects to the metal brake line in the tongue, then disconnect (or cut) the reverse solenoid valve wire, then remove the two large actuator retaining clips and pins. The way I see most technicians try do their first one, by disconnecting the rubber line from the reverse solenoid valve, or leaving the brake line connected while doing the job really turns out to be the most difficult way to do it. If you are taking about the UFP A60 actuator, I've replaced quite a few of them. Has anyone replaced the break away cable and have any tips or watchouts? Parts are on order and first cool day I'm going to tackle this. The way the boat is parked and the shape of my driveway, none of his story makes sense and he has never backed into my driveway before. What he didn't realize is he hooked the break away cable to his hitch cover, which was hooked to the swing away tongue hitch pin - resulting in broken cable and bent swing away hitch pin u bracket. I'm thinking he backed up and nudged trailer trailer tongue, panicked and pulled forward quickly. My guess, being a new boat owner with a new truck, he decided my boat was a perfect one to practice for backing up to in preparation to hitch up (again, not experienced in trailering). My theory - the story he is telling is not exactly accurate. Go up to the boat and see a broken break away cable and a bent to hell U-bracket on the ground. He claims, he was trying to squeeze in close to the edge of the driveway and was not paying attention to the trailer. When he shows up he comes into the backyard and immediately proceeds to tell me he backed into my trailer and may have damaged it. We invited them over to swim in the pool last Saturday. My boat sits in my driveway in the summer months. I have a buddy who recently bought a pontoon and upgraded to a pickup truck (from a Jeep), as he might decide to tow at some point in the future. ![]()
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