Do these brake lines look right?

[OSCS]

I was under the trailer today and noticed the port, left side of the trailer brake lines looked normal. The starboard side, right looked a little out of wack. Both brakes had lines hanging freely? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's not suppose to look like that. Gonna send the pics to AS and see what they say. It's a 2017 25 FT.

[Nuvite-F]

The slack in the wires is not particularly unusual--I always thought AS was fairly casual about routing brake wiring--but I have never seen a problem result from it.

But from the picture of your starboard brake it looks like one of the splices has separated so that brake is actually no longer connected. You might or might not notice it on the road.

For what it's worth, in the RV biz the port side is normally referred to as the "road" side and the starboard side is called the "curb" side. At least in the US, where we drive on the right side of the road.

[HiJoeSilver]

Senior, definitely not right. Loose ends hanging and bad connections from the factory. That black tubing may be heatvshrink that was never shrunk onto the wires.

[OSCS]

Thanks for the quick reply! I didn't think so but wanted to double check. Have a Happy 4th!

Originally Posted by HiJoeSilver

Senior, definitely not right. Loose ends hanging and bad connections from the factory. That black tubing may be heatvshrink that was never shrunk onto the wires.

[OSCS]

I need to get with the lingo! Thanks for the lesson. Used to the nautical terms. Have a Happy 4th!

Originally Posted by Nuvite-F

The slack in the wires is not particularly unusual--I always thought AS was fairly casual about routing brake wiring--but I have never seen a problem result from it.

But from the picture of your starboard brake it looks like one of the splices has separated so that brake is actually no longer connected. You might or might not notice it on the road.

For what it's worth, in the RV biz the port side is normally referred to as the "road" side and the starboard side is called the "curb" side. At least in the US, where we drive on the right side of the road.

[Trons4u]

Originally Posted by OSCS

I need to get with the lingo! Thanks for the lesson. Used to the nautical terms. Have a Happy 4th!

From a retired ETC, I use Port & Starboard also, so no big deal.

Looks like there needs to be some QA on the brakes. I don't see a connector & they didn't even heat the shrink tube over the connection.

[openroad118]

Interesting timing on this post, as I just had an issue with the very same. Upon leaving a recent campsite, I always check the trailer brakes independently of the truck when moving slow. Brakes seemed to be 25 percent of normal, so I raised the # from a usual of 6, to 9, and would take a closer look at the next camp.
Next stop was Devil's Tower. After a long downhill riding the brakes all the way, I found I had next-to-no brakes turning into the park! My 20 footer pushed me all the way down the hill without contributing. Once set up, I could see street-side brake wires pulled away like yours, with a broken wire under the crimp/shrink. It appeared they had snagged on something to pull them away and break a wire.
Lucky I carry crimps, heat shrink and a heat gun like everyone else!

[ijustlee]

I'd say you've got two brakes that don't work because of disconnected wires! I always test the brakes by moving the controller by hand when I first start driving. Rolling forward at about 5 MPH I expect to lock all trailer wheels on dirt, grass or gravel surface, or stop abruptley on pavement using just trailer brakes to make sure all are working.

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by OSCS

I was under the trailer today and noticed the port, left side of the trailer brake lines looked normal. The starboard side, right looked a little out of wack. Both brakes had lines hanging freely? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's not suppose to look like that. Gonna send the pics to AS and see what they say. It's a 2017 25 FT.

Looks like the wires caught on something, and got torn loose/off. The "something" could have been almost anything that happened to snag it, but the good news is, it's an easy field repair with a butt splice connector and some electrical tape.