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Titan BrakeRite
Electric Over Hydraulic Brake Kits
BRAKE KIT TRAILER SIZE TRAILER MODELS
TA0015 Over 6,000 lbs. GVWR 6,000, 7,000 & 8,000 lb. Aluminum
5,500 & 5,800 lb. Steel Frames
6,800 & 8,000 lb. Steel Frames
Reservoir Caps
Diagram B
The electric over hydraulic brake system
is designed to replace the hydraulic surge
brake actuator that was shipped on your
trailer as standard equipment. The electric
over hydraulic system is activated electrically when you apply the brakes on the
tow vehicle. It can also be operated by a
manual cab control inside the tow vehicle
that allows the operator to apply the brakes
on the trailer without applying the brakes on
the tow vehicle.
The kit is designed to adapt to
different size trailer frames in both steel
and aluminum trailer construction.
You will have extra parts and fasteners
above what is required for your
particular application.
The following instructions are written to
address the different installations and will
refer to the various diagrams for clarity.
Note that the view shown may not necessarily be an exact view of your trailer but the
instructions will direct you how to change
your existing trailer brake system to the
electric over hydraulic system.
Installation Instructions
Diagram A will show a typical view of how
the new electric over hydraulic system will
be installed on your trailer. The Diagram
is a generic view of a steel and aluminum
frame trailer coupler over 6,000# GVWR.
Remove all items and hardware from the
box and sort by size.
Installation Instructions for Aluminum Trailers with a GVWR
(Gross Vehicle Weight Rating)
greater than 6,000 lb.
Use Kit No. TA0015
Actuator Coupler Installation
TA0015 Kit Only
Removing the existing actuator from the
tongue:
Brakeline Port
• Unthread the tongue brake line fitting from
the coupling that attaches it to the frame
brake line tubing.
• Remove the mounting bolts that attach the
actuator to the tongue. Remove the actuator and tongue brake line. They will no longer be used in the new installation.
• Remove the safety chains from the tongue.
The new safety chains supplied in the kit
will be installed.
• Unplug the tongue wire harness from the
frame harness using the plug-in connectors.
It will not be used in the new installation.
IMPORTANT
Note: The bolts in the kit used to attach
the coupler and safety chains on all trailers are stainless steel. Also the U-bolts
for attaching the mounting brackets for
the actuator and the battery boxes on
the aluminum trailers are stainless steel.
They require that you use the appropriate size nuts with the nylon inserts. It is
also recommended that you use an antiseize lubricant (supplied in the kit) on
the threads before the nuts are installed
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to prevent seizing when they are tightened. All
other U-bolts in the kit are plated steel and are
used on the steel frame trailers. The standard
flange lock nuts are used on these U-bolts.)
Failure to mate the proper nuts with proper Ubolts will cause the nuts to freeze when tightening thus preventing the U-bolts from tightening
properly.
Installing the New Coupler Assembly
1. Locate the Electric over hydraulic ball coupler mounting bracket, Item 2. (See Diagram D)
Place it on the end of the tongue and attach it with
three (3) 1/2” x 4-1/2” hex bolts (Item No. 3) and
lock nuts. Tighten. Note that the bolt pattern in the
coupler mounting bracket is the same bolt pattern as the UFP 8,000 & 10,000 series actuator.
If your trailer is an earlier model the bolt pattern
of your tongue may not match the pattern of the
coupler mounting bracket supplied. Your tongue
will have to be re-drilled so the coupler mounting
bracket can be mounted to your tongue.
Diagram D
2. Attach the 2-5/16” coupler to the mounting
bracket just installed using 4- 5/8” x 1-3/4” hex
bolts (Item No. 4) and lock nuts. Tighten.
Attach the new safety chains provided by placing a 1/2” flat washer on a 1/2” x 1-1/2” hex bolt.
Insert the bolt through the end link on one of the
new safety chains provided. Insert the bolt into
the mounting hole that the old chains were removed from. Secure with the 1/2” flange lock
nut. Tighten. Repeat on the other chain.
3. The breakaway switch shown in the diagram will
be installed at a later time. Instructions for mounting
the breakaway switch follow later in the assembly.
Electric Over Hydraulic Actuator Installation
1. See Diagram F, Page 5. Locate the actuator
mounting plate, Item No. 2 and the brake actuator,
Item No. 10. Place one each 5/16” lock washer on
the three 5/16” x 1” hex bolts. Attach the brake actuator to the mounting plate using the three 5/16” x
1” hex bolts. Tighten.
2. Place the assembly on the inside of the side
frame. Note that the mounting plate has the appropriate holes for attaching to 4”, and 5” steel frame
tubing as well as both the 5” and 6” aluminum Ibeams. Locate the appropriate size stainless steel
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Diagram BB
U-bolts supplied in the kit. (Item No. 5). Place the U-bolts over the
side frame as shown in Diagram BB, insert through the mounting
plate and secure with 3/8” stainless steel lock nuts with the nylon
lock inside the nut. Position the mounting bracket on the frame so
that the front of the bracket is 21 inches from the front of the side
frame. (See Diagram BB, Dimension C.) Tighten.
3. Once the actuator is located attach the grounding ring on the
actuator white wire lead to the inside of the mounting plate with a
No. 10 self-tapping screw.
Brake Line Tubing Connection
1. Starting at the front of the trailer, carefully remove the frame
brake line tubing from the black plastic tubing that is mounted in the
side frame used for routing the wiring and the brake line tubing. Remove the tubing so there is sufficient tubing to be routed from the
black plastic tubing to the brake line port as shown on Diagram B.
2. Carefully bend the tubing with smooth round curves making sure
that the line is not kinked as it is formed to its new location.
3. Remove the coupling from the end of the frame brake line used
to connect it to the tongue brake line tubing. Thread the frame
brake line fitting into the port on the actuator shown in Diagram B.
Tighten.
Battery Box Installation Instructions
battery boxes and two batteries. They are both required to power
the brake system in the event of an unwanted disconnect from the
tow vehicle.
2. Open the battery boxes and remove both the white and violet
wire harnesses that are shipped in one box. Also remove the breakaway switch that is shipped in the other box. Installation instructions for these items will be addressed at a later time.
3. Attach the two battery boxes to the mounting plate using 1/4” x
1” carriage bolts and 1/4” lock nuts as shown in Diagram F. Once
all bolts are installed, tighten.
4. Place the assembly on the inside of the frame as shown in Diagram B and secure to the frame using two of the appropriate size
U-bolts as described earlier in the actuator assembly instructions.
Secure with 3/8” flange lock nuts. Position the battery box assembly so it is 21 inches from the front of the frame to the front of the
mounting bracket as shown in Diagram BB. Tighten.
5. Attach the white ground wire just removed to the negative terminals (marked with black plastic cap) of the two batteries. Route the
wires from one battery box to the other using the notch located in
the back side of the battery box. Route the end of the wire harness
with the round grounding lead out the notch of the second box.
Position it on the inside of the trailer side frame and attach with
a No. 10 self-tapping screw. This is necessary so that a positive
ground is created for the system to function properly.
1. (See Diagram F) Locate the battery box mounting plate, Item
No. 1 and the battery boxes, Item No. 9. Note that there are two
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Breakaway Switch Installation
The breakaway switch provided is required so that the brakes on
the trailer will be applied in the event of an unwanted disconnect
from the tow vehicle.
1. Locate the breakaway switch, Item No. 13 in Diagram D. It was
shipped in one of the battery boxes along with a battery. Place it
on the topside of the drop portion of the tongue as shown. It must
be positioned so that the front of the breakaway switch is three (3)
inches behind the coupler mounting bracket installed earlier. This
is necessary so that the pin in the switch can be pulled out the front
of the breakaway switch to automatically activate the brakes in an
emergency. Mark the mounting hole location. Drill a 13/64” pilot
hole in this location. Replace the breakaway switch. Insert the 1/4”
self-tapping screw provided and secure in place.
2. Locate the violet wire harness that was shipped with the white
grounding harness and removed from the other battery box. Attach
it to the positive terminals of both batteries (Marked with the red
plastic caps). Route the violet wire from one battery to the other
through the notches provided in the backside of each battery box.
3. The remaining terminal on the violet wire as well as the brown
wires from the breakaway switch will be connected to wire harness
No. 5110522 at a later time.
Wiring Instructions
The wire harnesses for all kits are made identical. Some installations will have excess wire. All excess wire can be placed back into
the tongue when assembly is complete.
Diagram G is a wiring diagram showing what colors wires are connected together for the brake system to operate properly.
Each wire harness section is identified by number as indicated on
the schematic drawing Diagram G.
Side Marker Light Replacement On Aluminum Models Only
The front clearance lights that are on the over 6,000# GVWR aluminum trailers have to be removed and replaced with the new clearance lights provided in the kit. Replace as follows:
1. Remove the screws attaching the existing clearance lights to the
tongue and remove.
2. Locate the two new replacement lights. They are identical except
for the plug on the end of the wire where it attaches to the tongue
wire harness. Place the wire in the center hole provided that the
existing light wire came out of the tongue. Pull the wire harness on
the light forward inside the tongue until it comes out the front of the
tongue. Leave the wires until later instructed how to connect into
the new harness.
5. Locate wire harness No. 5110522. Note that one end of the harness has a violet and brown wire connected at a female plug. The
individual wires in this harness are taped together at various locations. Cut the tape attaching the violet and brown wires that are
joined at the female plug the same distance as what the brown wire
is long. (Approximately 30”).
6. Attach the violet wire from the positive side of the battery (Step 3
of the breakaway instructions) to the plug attaching the violet and
brown wires in harness No. 5110522 just described.
7. Locate the hole in the top of the tongue directly behind where
the two side frames of the trailer meet each other in the front of the
frame. Pull this brown wire, and the remaining single bullet plugs,
black, blue, and another brown wire through the hole in the top of
the tongue and out the front of the tongue. The end of the harness
that has the double plugs must be to the rear of the tongue when
properly installed and will be connected to the actuator at a later
time. See Diagram G.
8. Connect the two brown wires of harness No. 5110522 to the
wires from the breakaway switch. Note that either wire from the
breakaway switch can be plugged into either brown wire in the harness.
9. Locate the tongue harness with the 7-prong plug supplied in the
kit. Insert the end opposite of the plug into the hole in the top of the
tongue located approximately 2” from the front of the 3” x 5” tongue
tube. Pull the wire ends of the 7-prong wire harness out the front of
the tongue so they can be connected to the other harnesses.
10. Connect the wires in the 7-prong tongue harness with the wires
in harness No. 5110488 and 5110522 just installed. Mate the correct color wires as shown in Diagram G.
11. Route the white ground wire to the side of the tongue. Secure
the grounding ring on the wire to the tongue with a No, 10 self-tapping screw. Route the remaining of harness No. 5110522 down the
side frame of the trailer to the actuator. The wires can be routed
down the side frame and attached to the lower flange of the I-beam.
Note that the kit has split plastic conduit, and plastic ties to hold and
secure the wires. The brake line clips supplied can help to support
them. Note that the harness No. 5110522 harness is a universal
harness that has plug connectors on it. These plugs are to be cut
off and the wires cut to the required length to attach to the leads
from the actuator. Cut, strip the coating on the wires approximately
5/16” and mate the ends of harness No. 5110522 to the actuator
wires as shown in Diagram G. Attach them together with the butt
connectors that are already attached to the leads on the actuator.
Tape all connections just made with electrical tape.
12. Once all connections are made, push any excess wires into
either the tongue or the side frame of the trailer. Place in the rubber
grommets either removed or supplied in the kit to protect the wires
from fraying when the trailer is towed.
3. Re-attach the new lights where the old ones were removed using
13. Wiring should now be complete.
the new mounting screws provided.
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4. Locate wire harness No. 5110488. This harness is used to attach
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the tongue harness to the lights on the trailer. Plug the wires from
the front clearance lights into the single plugs on the harness as
indicated on Diagram G. Then pull the harness down through the
tongue and out the rear of the tongue. Connect to the frame harness as indicated in Diagram G. Leave the wires in the front until
directed later.
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Diagram F
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Installation Instructions for Steel Frame
Trailers with a GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating) Greater than 6,000 lb.
1. See Diagram F on page 5. Locate the actuator mounting plate,
Item No. 2 and the brake actuator, Item No. 10. Place one each
5/16” lock washer on the three 5/16” x 1” hex bolts. Attach the brake
actuator to the mounting plate using the three 5/16” x 1” hex bolts.
Tighten.
Use Kit No. TA0015
Actuator Coupler Installation
Removing the existing actuator from the tongue.
1. Unthread the tongue brake line fitting from the coupling that
attaches it to the frame brake line tubing.
2. Remove the mounting bolts that attach the actuator to the tongue.
Remove the actuator and tongue brake line. They will no longer be
used in the new installation.
3. Remove the safety chains from the tongue. The new safety
chains supplied in the kit will be installed.
4. Unplug the tongue wire harness from the frame harness using
the plug-in connectors. It will not be used in the new installation.
IMPORTANT
Note: The bolts in the kit used to attach the coupler and safety
chains on all trailers are stainless steel. Also the U-bolts for
attaching the mounting brackets for the actuator and the battery boxes on the aluminum trailers are stainless steel. They
require that you use the appropriate size nuts with the nylon
inserts. It is also recommended that you use an anti-seize
lubricant (supplied in the kit) on the threads before the nuts
are installed to prevent seizing when they are tightened. All
other U-bolts in the kit are plated steel and are used on the
steel frame trailers. The standard flange lock nuts are used
on these U-bolts.) Failure to mate the proper nuts with proper U-bolts will cause the nuts to freeze when tightening thus
preventing the U-bolts from tightening properly.
Installing the New Coupler Assembly
1. Locate the electric over hydraulic ball coupler mounting bracket,
Item 2. (See Diagram D) Place it on the end of the tongue and
attach it with three (3) 1/2” x 4-1/2” hex bolts (Item No. 3)and lock
nuts. Tighten. Note that the bolt pattern in the coupler mounting
bracket is the same bolt pattern as the UFP 8,000 & 10,000 series
actuator. If your trailer is an earlier model the bolt pattern of your
tongue may not match the pattern of the coupler mounting bracket supplied. Your tongue will have to be re-drilled so the coupler
mounting bracket can be mounted to your tongue.
2. Attach the 2-5/16” coupler to the mounting bracket just installed
using 4- 5/8” x 1-3/4” hex bolts (Item No. 4) and lock nuts. Tighten.
2. Place the assembly on the inside of the side frame. Note that the
mounting plate has the appropriate holes for attaching to 2 x 4”,
and 2 x 5” steel side frame tubing as well as the aluminum I-beams.
Use the U-bolts to mount the actuator assembly to the side frame.
See the note at the bottom of the Bill of Materials listed for Diagram
F. Secure the U-bolts to the assembly using the 3/8” flange lock
nuts provided. DO NOT USE THE 3/8” NUTS WITH THE NYLON
INSERTS IN THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL GAULD UP AND YOU
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TIGHTEN PROPERLY.
3. Place the proper U-bolts over the side frame as shown in
Diagram BB, insert through the mounting plate and secure with 3/8”
flange lock nuts. Position the mounting bracket on the frame so that
the front of the bracket is 32 inches from the front of the side frame.
See Dimension C in Diagram BB. Tighten.
4 Once the actuator is located attach the grounding ring on the
actuator white wire lead to the inside of the frame with a No. 10
self-tapping screw so continuity can be achieved through the paint
coating.
Brake Line Tubing Connection
1. Note that the frame brake line tubing in the steel frame exits
through a fixed hole position in the side frame. It needs to be routed
backwards to the new actuator location.
2. Locate the coiled length of brake line tubing supplied in the kit.
Uncoil the line and attach one end to the frame brake line using the
coupler that was used to connect the tongue brake line tubing to
the side frame tubing. Tighten.
3. Carefully bend and route the tubing backward, down the inside
of the side frame towards the actuator just installed. Care should be
used in forming the line so that it does not kink.
4. Route the brake line over to the port on the actuator as identified
in Diagram B. Coil any excess line you may have into a 3” diameter coil to use up the excess. Tighten the brake line fitting into the
actuator.
5. Locate the brake line tubing clips and No. 10 self-tapping screws
provided. Place the tubing clip over the brake line while pressing
the brake line tubing up against the center inside of the trailer side
frame. Place a self-tapping screw into the hole in the tubing clip and
drill the self-tapping screw into the side frame of the trailer. Repeat
on the other clips.
Attach the new safety chains provided by placing a 1/2” flat washer on a 1/2” x 1-1/2” hex bolt. Insert the bolt through the end link
on one of the new safety chains provided. Insert the bolt into the
mounting hole that the old chains were removed from. Secure with
the 1/2” flange lock nut. Tighten. Repeat on the other chain.
The breakaway switch shown in the diagram will be installed at a
later time. Instructions for mounting the breakaway switch follow
later in the assembly.
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Battery Box Installation
Steel Frame Installation
1. (See Diagram F) Locate the battery box mounting plate, Item
No. 1 and the battery boxes, Item No. 9. Note that there are two
battery boxes and two batteries. They are both required to power
the brake system in the event of an unwanted disconnect from the
tow vehicle.
2. Open the battery boxes and remove both the white and violet
wire harnesses that are shipped in one box. Also remove the break-
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away switch that is shipped in the other box. Installation instructions for these items will be addressed at a later time.
3. Attach the two battery boxes to the mounting plate using 1/4” x
1” carriage bolts and 1/4” lock nuts as shown in Diagram F. Once
all bolts are installed, tighten.
4. Place the assembly on the inside of the frame as shown in Diagram B and secure to the frame using two of the appropriate size
U-bolts as described earlier in the actuator assembly instructions.
Secure with 3/8” flange lock nuts. Position the battery box assembly so it is 21 inches from the front of the frame to the front of the
mounting bracket as shown in Diagram BB. Tighten.
5. Attach the white ground wire just removed to the negative terminals (marked with black plastic cap) of the two batteries. Route the
wires from one battery box to the other using the notch located in
the back side of the battery box. Route the end of the wire harness
with the round grounding lead out the notch of the second box.
Position it on the inside of the trailer side frame and attach with
a No. 10 self-tapping screw. This is necessary so that a positive
ground is created for the system to function properly.
Breakaway Switch Installation
The breakaway switch provided is required so that the brakes on
the trailer will be applied in the event of an unwanted disconnect
from the tow vehicle.
1. Locate the breakaway switch, Item No. 13 in Diagram D. It was
shipped in one of the battery boxes along with a battery. Place it
on the topside of the drop portion of the tongue as shown. It must
be positioned so that the front of the breakaway switch is three (3)
inches behind the coupler mounting bracket installed earlier. This
is necessary so that the pin in the switch can be pulled out the front
of the breakaway switch to automatically activate the brakes in an
emergency. Mark the mounting hole location. Drill a 13/64” pilot
hole in this location. Replace the breakaway switch. Insert the 1/4”
self-tapping screw provided and secure in place.
2. Locate the violet wire harness that was shipped with the white
grounding harness and removed from the other battery box. Attach
it to the positive terminals of both batteries (Marked with the red
plastic caps).
3. The remaining terminal on the violet wire as well as the brown
wires from the breakaway switch will be connected to wire harness
No. 5110522 at a later time.
Wiring Instructions
The wire harnesses for all kits are made identical. Some installations will have excess wire. All excess wire can be placed back into
the tongue when assembly is complete.
Diagram G is a wiring diagram showing what colors wires are connected together for the brake system to operate properly.
Each wire harness section is identified by number as indicated on
the schematic drawing Diagram G.
The side marker lights supplied in the kit will not be used in this
installation.
1. Locate wire harness No. 5110488. This harness is used to
attach the 7-prong tongue harness to the lights on the trailer. Feed
the green, brown and yellow end of the harness in the wire hole
provided in the side of the tongue located just behind the front of
the frame. Pull the wires forward until they come out the front of the
tongue. Connect the rear of the harness No. 5110488 to the frame
harnesses from the side frames as indicated in Diagram G. Note
that the two- brown single wires on the harness will not be used
in this installation. The connector plugs on these two brown wires
must be taped and then placed inside the tongue. Leave the wires
in the front until directed later.
2. Locate wire harness No. 5110522. Note that one end of the
harness has a violet and brown wire connected at a female plug.
The individual wires in this harness are taped together at various
locations. Cut the tape attaching the violet and brown wire that are
joined at the female plug the same distance as what the brown wire
is long. (Approximately 30”).
3. Attach the violet wire from the positive side of the battery to the
plug attaching the violet and brown wires together in harness No.
5110522 just described.
4. Locate the hole in the side of the tongue directly behind where
the two side frames of the trailer meet each other in the front of the
frame. Pull this brown wire, and the remaining single bullet plugs,
black, blue, and another brown wire through the hole in the side of
the tongue and out the front of the tongue. The end of the harness
that has the double plugs must be to the rear of the tongue when
properly installed and will be connected to the actuator at a later
time. See Diagram G.
5. Connect the two brown wires to the wires from the breakaway
switch. Note that either wire from the breakaway switch can be
plugged into either brown wire in the harness. The remaining black
and blue wires will be attached to the tongue harness at a later
time.
6. Locate the tongue harness with the 7-prong plug supplied in the
kit. Insert the end opposite of the plug into the hole in the top of the
tongue located approximately 2” from the front of the 3” x 5” tongue
tube. Pull the wires out the front of the tongue so they can be connected to the 7-prong wire harness.
7. Connect the wires in the 7-prong tongue harness with the wires
in harness No. 5110488 and 5110522 just installed. Mate the correct color wires as shown in Diagram G.
8. Route the white ground wire to the side of the tongue. Secure
the grounding ring on the wire to the tongue with a No, 10 self-tapping screw.
9. Route the remaining of harness No. 5110522 down the side
frame of the trailer to the actuator. Note that teh kit has split plastic
conduit and plastic ties to hold and secure the wires.The wires can
be taped or tied to the brake line to help support them. Note that
the harness No. 5110522 harness is a universal harness that has
plug connectors on it. These plugs are to be cut off and the wire cut
to the required length to attach them to the leads from the actuator.
Cut, strip the coating on the wires approximately 5/16” and mate
the ends of harness No. 5110522 to the actuator wires as shown in
Diagram G. Attach them together with the butt connectors that are
already attached to the leads on the actuator. Tape all connections
just made with electrical tape.
10. Once all connections are made, push any excess wires into
either the tongue or the side frame of the trailer. Place in the rubber
grommets either removed or supplied in the kit to protect the wires
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Diagram G
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from fraying when the trailer is towed.
Complete Bleeding of the Hydraulic Brake System
11. Wiring should now be complete.
ALL MODELS
Filling the System With Brake Fluid
All Kits
Fill the reservoir on the actuator with an Arctic-SAEJ1702 or
SAEJ1703 brake fluid or a fluid that is comparable. Remove one
of the reservoir caps located on the actuator unit as identified in
Diagram A or B. Only one cap has to be removed. Add fluid until the
reservoir is full. Bleed the brake system following the procedure for
bleeding the brakes. If complete bleeding of the system is required,
it may be necessary to add fluid to the reservoir during the bleeding process. Once the system is completely bled, refill the reservoir
until full. Replace the cap and tighten to seal our any moisture that
may enter during normal use.
Bleeding The Brake System
All Kits
Partial Bleeding of the Hydraulic Brake System
If the electric over hydraulic system is being added to a current
brake system that is already installed and has been in use it is possible that you only need to bleed the air out of the system where
the connections were made in the lines to connect the new actuator
system. The procedure is as follows:
1. Check to make sure brake fluid has been added to the system
as recommended above.
2. Pull the cable on the breakaway switch installed just behind the
coupler. This will pull a pin out the switch automatically activating
the switch. The actuator will now draw its power from the batteries
installed on the trailer. The actuator will continue to run until the batteries are drained. You will be able to hear the actuator motor run.
If the electric over hydraulic system is being added to a new system
that has never been used or bled before it then requires that the
complete system be bled. The procedure is as follows:
1. Check to make sure brake fluid has been added to the system
as recommended above.
2. Pull the cable on the breakaway switch installed just behind the
coupler. This will pull a pin out the switch automatically activating
the switch. The actuator will now draw its power from the batteries
installed on the trailer. The actuator will continue to run until the batteries are drained. You will be able to hear the actuator motor run.
3. The proper procedure for bleeding the brake system is to start
at the caliper that is the greatest distance from the actuator. This
would be the left caliper on the axle or the left caliper on the 2nd
axle should your trailer have dual axle brakes. Loosen the bleeder
screw and allow the air to escape from the system until brake fluid
starts to flow. Allow it to flow until the brake fluid being expelled
is free of any air bubbles entrapped in the lines. Attaching a clear
hose on the bleeder screw will make the air bubbles more visible
during the bleeding process. Close the bleeder screw and tighten.
4. Check the reservoir fluid level to make sure that the actuator
does not run low on fluid during the bleeding process. Refill if necessary. There is a possibility that more air can be introduced into
the system if the fluid level is not kept sufficient in the reservoir.
5. Repeat the process used in step three on the caliper that is located the next greatest distance from the actuator. Continue until
all of the brake calipers have been bled.
6. Once the system is bled, When all air is removed, close the
bleeder screw. Push the pin back into the breakaway switch. This
will stop the electrical supply to the motor stopping it from running.
7. Refill the reservoir with fluid replacing any that may have been
used during the bleeding process.
3. With the actuator running, loosen the bleeder screw on the right
brake caliper. The actuator will continuously pump brake fluid in the
system removing all of the air in the line from the actuator to the
8. Test the brake system to see if it is bled properly. If brakes function properly the bleeding process is complete. If they do not operate properly, repeat the above steps and test again.
right caliper.
9. Brake fluid levels in the reservoir should be checked occasion-
4. When all air is removed, close the bleeder screw. Push the pin
ally to make sure your brake system never runs out of brake fluid.
back into the breakaway switch. This will stop the electrical supply
to the motor stopping it from running.
See the Titan BrakeRite Actuator Installation and Instruction
Manual for further information and operating instructions.
5. Refill the reservoir with fluid replacing any that may have been
used during the bleeding process. Test the brake system to see if
In- Cab Controller
it is bled properly. If brakes function properly the bleeding process
is complete. If they do not operate properly, repeat the above steps
and test again.
Locate the In-cab controller supplied with the kit. Remove the in-
structions and install the unit in the tow vehicle using the instruc-
tions supplied.
6. Brake fluid levels in the reservoir should be checked occasionally to make sure your brake system never runs out of brake fluid.
Always test the brake system at slow speeds each time you start
towing to make sure the brake system is functioning properly.
Should you experience a situation where you do not have brakes
or they are malfunctioning, see your local ShoreLand’r dealer im-
mediately to rectify the problems.
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