From: DavidNewell <dnewell@empire.net>
To: <vintage@airstream.net>
Subject: Re: [VAC] packing bearings
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 10:47 PM

Jim, I give on the surge brake thing I only saw two trailers in my life
that had them (both Boat trailers) and they weren't mine.I always thought
they were a little Rube Goldbergish but I stand corrected..... Davefrom
Pepperell

Jim Dunmyer wrote:

> I found a site that tells about how to pack bearings, how electricand
> hydraulic surge brakes work and more. If you're interested, it's
> http://www.championtrailers.com.
>
> FWIW: they do have hydraulic surge brakes that don't function when
> backing up. They call them "free backing" brakes.
>
> There's a section on brake wiring, how it should be done, how totest
> it, how the different kinds of controllers work, etc. Also, wiring
> diagrams of the popular trailer connectors.
>
> Dunno about you folks, but my favorite search engine is
> http://www.askjeeves.com (orhttp://www.aj.com, same thing). I foundthe
> link to Champion Trailers from
> http://www.gwi.net/~spectrum/camping.html;some of you might enjoy that
> site also.
>
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