Dexter Hydraulic Brake Actuator w/ Drop and Electric Lockout - Drum - Zinc - 2-5/16" Ball - 20K

Video Transcript for Titan Brake Actuator - Surge Brake Actuator - T4854020 Review

Speaker 1: Today we're going to take a look at the Titan hydraulic drum brake actuator with the drop and electric lockout, and a 20,000 pound gross towing weight capacity. Now, this hydraulic actuator will activate your trailer's brakes when your tow vehicle slows or stops. Basically when you apply the brakes in your tow vehicle, deceleration occurs, and the momentum will push your trailer toward the rear of your vehicle, and with the surge brake system, this actuator is triggered as your trailer moves forward, once your tow vehicle starts to slow down. So when this happens the actuator portion right here will contract, so it just slides inside here, applies force to the master cylinder right down here, and this in turn will supply the necessary hydraulic pressure to engage your trailer's brakes. This one does use the unique roller design. On the inside it has rollers up here, rollers right down here.

This will reduce resistance during the telescoping to create straight line movement. If you notice on the rollers right outside here, they have grease inaudible 00:00:53 fittings, so it makes lubricating your rollers very easy.This whole actuator is a sturdy, durable steel construction, resists bending in any jack-knife situations. The very rear here, if I spin this around, if you look down under the shield here you'll see this solenoid. It's an electric reverse lock-up. This will let you back up without actuating your trailer brakes.

The reverse lock-out on this trailer brake actuator is automatically activated when you shift your tow vehicle into reverse. These wires here that are coming off the solenoid, they wire into your trailer connector, which connects to your tow vehicle so that it can detect when you go into reverse. When your vehicle's in reverse, the solenoid ensures that the hydraulic actuator does not activate your trailer brakes, thus allowing you to back up your vehicle. I do need to remember to use this lock-out. These wires need to be connected to either a five-way flat, six-way round or seven-way trailer connector.If you notice the shield they have over the solenoid, that protects it from the elements and also from any damage to it.

On the very front here, where the coupler is, you can see it has a built-in drop. This will help you match your tow vehicle height. It uses a trigger latch to allow for safe, easy coupling and uncoupling. It has a nice circle grip here, makes the latch simple to use. You just pull back on it.

That opens the ball socket. Once you get on the ball, you let it go and it will lock it into place. This whole part is corrosion resistant zinc plated finish. The very top here where the chain is, that's the break-away kit. It's all included. This is a bolt-on installation. You can see the mounting bracket at the bottom here. Again, the application for this is trailers with hydraulic drum brakes. Gross towing weight capacity is 20,000 pounds. Maximum tongue weight is 2,000 pounds. The ball size that this coupler will attach to is 2 5/16 diameter, and the mounting, this bracket will mount to a straight 4 inch wide trailer tongue.That should do it for the review on the Titan hydraulic drum brake actuator with a drop and electric lock-out and a 20,000 pound gross towing weight capacity.