[Rhodes22-list] Trailer brake disconnect?

[Peter Nyberg]

While I certainly would not disagree with anything Roger has said, I will point out that my Triad trailer came from the factory in 2016 with a quick disconnect for the brake line.  I disconnect and reconnect the line in order to extend the tongue every time I launch or retrieve my boat, which is clearly the way Triad intended the system to work.  

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)

> On May 5, 2020, at 9:10 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
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> Alexis,
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> Anytime you break open a hydraulic fitting, even a quick disconnect, you run the risk of introducing contamination and air bubbles into the brake system.  This is likely to cause trailer brake failure out in the middle of nowhere.  It’s far better to have a sufficiently long flexible brake line that can accommodate the trailer tongue extension without having to break open the hydraulic system.  I would go to a shop that specializes in trailers vs. a big box auto parts store like Pep Boys.  The shop will very likely have to fabricate your hydraulic line from scratch using bulk tubing and swaged fittings.
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> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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