Peto
Senior Member
I think that is what it's called... The small cable you attach to the truck that gets pilled out and engages the brakes if it hops the hitch.
How long and what is the correct routing.
Mine I believe is all wrong. From the factory it is about 8" longer than the safety chain when pulled tight and they hav it routed under the tounge and woven into a couple links on the chain.
My thoughts- The cable should be slightly shorter than the chains when hooked to the truck with the assumption that the brakes should be applied prior to the chains reaching full stretch.
The cable should be routed so as to pull in the same direction that the pin will come out. Mine is routed down under the tongue while the pin is oriented horizontally. My thought her is that this set up will work as far as getting the pin pulled but will most likely destroy the plastic housing it's in rendering it unusable and needing to be replaced. So, I feel I need to route the cable over the top of the tongue and then to the truck (this looks like it leaves the cable exposed. I route my 7pin connector through the clamp I use to secure the tongue latch so maybe this could be routed through it as well???
Sorry so long winded. Just looking for opinions as I feel the current set up is useless unless the safety chain breaks and the cable is stretched. I'd like it to be set up where the pin would be pulled just shy of the chain reaching full extension with the thought the trailer would be much more controllable if it hopped the hitch with the chains taking up the slack and the brakes being applied.
Any diagrams or pictures of your set up would be helpful.....
This is my first stop, I plan to play with google when I get time this evening.
How long and what is the correct routing.
Mine I believe is all wrong. From the factory it is about 8" longer than the safety chain when pulled tight and they hav it routed under the tounge and woven into a couple links on the chain.
My thoughts- The cable should be slightly shorter than the chains when hooked to the truck with the assumption that the brakes should be applied prior to the chains reaching full stretch.
The cable should be routed so as to pull in the same direction that the pin will come out. Mine is routed down under the tongue while the pin is oriented horizontally. My thought her is that this set up will work as far as getting the pin pulled but will most likely destroy the plastic housing it's in rendering it unusable and needing to be replaced. So, I feel I need to route the cable over the top of the tongue and then to the truck (this looks like it leaves the cable exposed. I route my 7pin connector through the clamp I use to secure the tongue latch so maybe this could be routed through it as well???
Sorry so long winded. Just looking for opinions as I feel the current set up is useless unless the safety chain breaks and the cable is stretched. I'd like it to be set up where the pin would be pulled just shy of the chain reaching full extension with the thought the trailer would be much more controllable if it hopped the hitch with the chains taking up the slack and the brakes being applied.
Any diagrams or pictures of your set up would be helpful.....
This is my first stop, I plan to play with google when I get time this evening.