Review of Demco Brake Actuator - Surge Brake Actuator - DM72VR Video

The manual lockout on your Atwood 85778 surge brake coupler is there so that you can back up the trailer without the brakes locking up on you. Yes you can safely tow your trailer with the broken manual lockout, you just have to make sure you…

Yes, if you inserted a rod into the hole that in front of the housing of the actuator of the part #DM72VR that would work as a manual lock out and allow you to reverse the trailer.

The Demco Hydraulic Trailer Brake Actuator part #DM72VR should be a direct replacement for the Atwood 61101 Brake Actuator that you have now. This newest updated it rated at 7K instead of 6K. This is a bolt on option that mounts on 3" centers.…

I attached a video that details how to bleed surge brake actuators for you to check out. First top off the master cylinder with appropriate fluid. Next you will want to pump the fluid from the master cylinder. You can do this by unbolting the plate…

Your best route is to replace your entire surge brake assembly as Atwood no longer produces any parts for their brake actuators. The Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator #T47457207K is going to be your best replacement available. It is specific to disc…

Unfortunately the Atwood 85736 cannot be replaced so you'd actually need an entirely new actuator. The closest replacement we have is the Demco Hydraulic Brake Actuator #DM72VR. This actuator has a gross towing weight capacity of 7,000-lbs, a…

Thanks for the picture of your trailer. What you have now is an Atwood actuator. Since we no longer carry that actuator best solution would be a #DM72VR since it's very similar and actually a bit more reliable than the Atwood couplers.

I can understand how this can be a bit confusing. Brake actuators, like the Demco Hydraulic Trailer Brake Actuator, #DM72VR, with no lock-out are typically more economical and are perfect for trailers equipped with free-backing brakes because the…

I have attached for you below a photo which shows the bolt pattern for the Demco Hydraulic Brake Actuator part #DM72VR.

I would recommend going with a Titan or Demco style of actuator. We don't see a lot of questions from customers with this style of coupler but with the Atwood style we get a lot of troubleshooting questions as to why they aren't working. For…

Are you basically asking how much length would this coupler add to the tongue of your trailer?

I attached a link to an install video for the Demco Actuator part #DM72VR that will be the best guide to use for the install as printed instructions aren't available. The bolt Grade you need is a minimum of 5 but a lot of people will use 8. I…