Maybe someone familiar with surge brakes can help me out as I am not experienced with their operation. I have a DICO/TITAN model 60. When I brake with my trailer, I get several loud clunking noises and it feels to me like the trailer is vibrating, like the brakes are grabbing. This happens almost all the time, except at very slow speeds like when I'm manuvering the trailer in and out of my driveway or the boat launch.
As a test I jacked up each side of the trailer. The wheels turn freely and if I use a 2x4 to manually push on the hitch, I can no longer turn the wheels, so I assume the brakes are working. One thing I noticed is that the shock absorber seemed soft, and that I had to manually pull the hitch forward to get the brakes to release. Is this normal, or should the hitch move back to non-braking position on its own? I removed the shock, and it does not move on its own. I can extend it fully, and it stays that way, and I can push it in all the way, and it stays that way as well. Shouldn't the shock try to fully extend when it is not connected to anything, like a car shock behaves? And finally, if this shock is bad, can it cause the clunking noise I'm hearing.
Thanks for your answers in advance.
As a test I jacked up each side of the trailer. The wheels turn freely and if I use a 2x4 to manually push on the hitch, I can no longer turn the wheels, so I assume the brakes are working. One thing I noticed is that the shock absorber seemed soft, and that I had to manually pull the hitch forward to get the brakes to release. Is this normal, or should the hitch move back to non-braking position on its own? I removed the shock, and it does not move on its own. I can extend it fully, and it stays that way, and I can push it in all the way, and it stays that way as well. Shouldn't the shock try to fully extend when it is not connected to anything, like a car shock behaves? And finally, if this shock is bad, can it cause the clunking noise I'm hearing.
Thanks for your answers in advance.
