As some of you know, I had an accident bringing our boat home from FL on a

[Bud]

brand new trailer I picked up the previous day.

 

When I tried to stop in stop and go traffic on I75 that the trailer brakes did not appear to be helping stop.

 

I rear ended a minivan.

 

Got home and took the trailer to a local trailer dealer.

 

Here is the statement from the invoice for the work that was done to make them functional.

"Brakes inoperative.

 

Repair brakes.

 

Tech found that all 4 brakes had bleeders on bottom of calipers, not top. Tech reversed lines and bleeder screws and completely bled brake system.

 

Brakes work properly at this time."

[Dave McReynolds]

Oops!

[tallman]

Ya think?

[MT Wallet]

You can't get air to bleed out the bottom? Who knew. I hope you have better luck with the boat and trailer in 2016.

[eddd]

 

Tech found that all 4 brakes had bleeders on bottom of calipers, not top.

 

Those were meant for sale in Australia.

[OoPEZoO]

DOH!

 

Man, that sucks. I hate having the feeling that I need to inspect and disassemble every single little stupid thing in my life to make sure some moron didn't have a bad Tuesday at work. Frustrating, to say the least.