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Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator w/ Drop - Drum - 2-5/16" Ball - Bolt On - 12,500 lbs
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Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator w/ Drop - Drum - 2-5/16" Ball - Bolt On - 12,500 lbs
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Titan Brake Actuator
- Surge Brake Actuator
- Drum Brakes
- 2-5/16 Inch Ball Coupler
- 12500 lbs GTW
- Bolt-On
- Titan
- No Lockout
- Straight Tongue Coupler
Corrosion-resistant, surge-type actuator bolts over 3" wide trailer tongue and includes standard, heavy-duty coupler with 3" drop. Unique roller design helps reduce resistance. For use with drum brakes.
Features:
- Hydraulic actuator synchronizes trailer brakes with tow-vehicle brakes
- Unique roller design reduces resistance during telescoping to create straight-line movement
- Sturdy, durable steel construction resists bending in jackknife situations
- Standard, heavy-duty coupler with built-in drop
- Breakaway kit included
- Zinc plating is corrosion resistant
- Bolt-on installation
Specs:
- Application: hydraulic drum brakes
- Ball size: 2-5/16"
- Drop: 3"
- Mounting: 3" wide channel tongue
- Capacity: 12,500 lbs
- Maximum tongue weight: 1,250 lbs
- 1-Year warranty
When you apply the brakes in your tow vehicle, deceleration occurs and momentum pushes your trailer toward the rear of your vehicle. With surge brake systems, the actuator is triggered as your trailer moves forward while the tow vehicle slows. The actuator telescopes, applying force to its master cylinder, which in turn supplies the necessary hydraulic pressure to engage the trailer's brakes.
Because this model does not include a reverse lockout, it is recommended that you equip your trailer with free-backing brakes so that you can drive in reverse without triggering your trailer's brakes.
2478100 Titan Model 10 Actuator with 2-5/16" Ball, Drop Coupler - Drum Brakes - Zinc
Item # T2478100
Video of Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator w/ Drop - Drum - 2-5/16" Ball - Bolt On - 12,500 lbs
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Video Transcript for Titan Brake Actuator - Surge Brake Actuator - T2478100 Review
Today well be reviewing part number T2478100. This is the Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator with a drop built-in here at our coupler. It is designed to fit 2-5/16-inch hitch balls and it's designed to work with hydraulic drum brakes. The hydraulic actuator is going to synchronize the trailer brakes with the tow vehicle brakes. When you apply the brakes in your tow vehicle, deceleration occurs and it's actually going to push the momentum of the trailer toward the rear of your vehicle. With the surge braking system, the actuators is then triggered as your trailer moves forward while the tow vehicle slows. Inside of here, we have an actuator that actually telescopes, applying force to the master cylinder, which is located here at the rear, which in turn supplies the necessary hydraulic pressure to engage the brakes that you have on your trailer. Now because this model does not include a reverse lockout, it is recommended that you equip your trailer with free-backing brakes so that you can drive in reverse without triggering your trailer's brakes. This system features a nice and unique roller design that's going to reduce resistance during telescoping. You have a lot of moving parts in there, so these rollers just help ease that movement.
It's also going to help create straight line movement. This is made from a sturdy steel construction that's going to resist bending and jackknife situations. It's got a standard heavy duty coupler that's built in. The system also has a built-in drop. It's going to give us a drop of 3 inches. The chain is part of the breakaway kit. This portion here would mount to the vehicle and then if for any reason the vehicle and the trailer would disconnect, the chain would become tight, pulling the lever, which would then engage the breaks on the trailer bringing to an eventual stop, so that's a great feature to have. It has a nice zinc plating finish on it that going to help stand up really well against rusting and corrosion.
You can see here that this is a bolt-on installation. It has the bolt-on bracket down here at the bottom. We go over a few measurements with that. That mounting plate is going to give us an overall length of about 8-1/4-inch. You can see that we have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 different holes here. These 3 holes are going to be the same size and they're going to give us a diameter of 1/2 inch.
These 2 holes are just slightly bigger and they're going to give us a diameter of 5/8 inch. The distance between these 2 holes is going to measure 1 inch, center on center and those measurements and that pattern is the same on each side. The overall length of this unit gives us is right around 30 inches. Here at the coupler it has a really nice easy latch system. It's also got the built-in holes right here so you can install a coupler pin or a coupler lock. You just pull on this portion here, lift it up, snaps into position that way you can connect or disconnect the hitch ball.
Then when you need to bring it back down to secure it just make sure that little portion there fits in to the slot. Everything should be tight and secured and you should be ready to go. Again, this is designed for hydraulic drum brakes. This is designed to fit in 2-5/16-inch hitch ball. The mounting bracket down here provides us with a width in between that brackets of 3 inches, so this is designed to fit 3-inch wide channel tongues. It's going to offer us a gross weight capacity of 12,500 pounds and a maximum tongue weight of 1,250 pounds. Now the last thing I want to show you is just here at the back, this portion right here is our master cylinder. You can see that it has a little connection here, this is for the brake lines of your trailer. Here at the top, just remove the cap, I had that loosen and uninstalled so I can gain quick access to it, we have a cap that if we can unscrew it, it's going to show us the opening. This is the reservoir for our brake fluid. Right on top of the cap it gives us a warning, it says, "Use only DOT type 3 brake fluid," so it's always going to be a constant reminder. Then you can see here is our reservoir. Cap just screws back down in there and then we have another cap to place over the top to help keep dust and debris from getting in there and it also keeps it off from the master cylinder. That's going to complete today's review of part number T2478100. This is the Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator for 2-5/16-inch hitch balls. .
Customer Reviews
Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator w/ Drop - Drum - 2-5/16" Ball - Bolt On - 12,500 lbs - T2478100
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (10 Customer Reviews)
Corrosion-resistant, surge-type actuator bolts over 3" wide trailer tongue and includes standard, heavy-duty coupler with 3" drop. Unique roller design helps reduce resistance. For use with drum brakes.
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by: Justin01/09/2020
Everything seems good quality, bolts should be included 737046
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by: JAMES07/22/2019
High-quality product easy install other than bleeding the system sure is nice when the trailer brakes work. 673814
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by: Jeffrey02/17/2019
Awesome product had it for yr now. Like it was brand new. Numerous trips to keys for sc not a flaw 605848
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by: Jeffery11/28/2018
Great product! Cheaper to replace then rebuild. 585800
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by: Mark03/22/2018
I ordered the Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator to replace the rusted out old one on my boat trailer. The item I ordered showed up sooner than anticipated and was exactly as represented on the website. I can't wait to install it and have the brakes on my boat trailer working again for many safe trips to the boat ramp. 487787
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by: Stuart11/05/2016
Outstanding product that works as advertised, replaced a surge brake system and the improvement was dramatic. 314022
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by: Ryan07/15/2015
Got this product had it before love them but the box was all torn up and the grease fitting was broken off the top roller probably no e trailer fault but ups 211845
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by: Ed B01/10/2014
Used this to replace an existing unit that was rusting away. This product arrived quickly, in perfect condition and was easy to install. 112432
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by: Frank B04/26/2013
I had originally ordered just the replacement master cylinder for my actuator but after taking mine apart, there were way more parts that were needed to repar it. I called the service center and they were very helpful in cancelling the master cylinder order and guiding me to this assembly. It was in my hands in 3 days and in time to get the boat in the water. 77924
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by: Ray L.02/17/2011
Good Communications and Quick Delivery make this company a pleasure to deal with. Also the free shipping made your product stand out. Thanks 7384
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Ask the Experts about this Titan Brake Actuator
- Can Titan Model 10 Actuator be Locked Out When Backing UpYou can pretty easily add an electric lockout to the Titan Model 10 actuator part # T2478100. For that all you would need is the part # T4748800. This will then allow you back up a hill without the brakes locking up.
view full answer... - Best Coupler Lock For Titan Model 10 Coupler for 2-5/16" Hitch BallThe best trailer coupler lock for your Titan Model 10 Brake Actuator # T2478100 is the Blaylock EZ Lock Trailer Coupler Lock # BLTL-33-40D because it locks your actuator with a stainless steel padlock that has a hardened steel shackle and busting through it would require not only a lot of time, but some significant tools. An everyday thief would have no chance of coming away with your trailer if you have this lock on your Titan actuator. For added security so you will always be able...
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- How to Bleed Brakes on Trailer Equipped with Titan Model 10 Hydraulic Brake Actuating CouplerBegin by removing the master cylinder cap and fill the reservoir to three quarters full with DOT-3 brake fluid. DO NOT allow brake fluid to contact painted surfaces since it will damage the finish. Wipe up any spills immediately and wash the area with water. If you choose to manually bleed the system, an assistant makes the job easier. Manually pull the actuator out to fully extended position. Loosen the four bolts on the breakaway lever. Remove the back two bolts, rotate the two breakaway...
view full answer... - How to Modify Drum Brake Actuator Coupler for Use with Disc BrakesBrake fluid pressure requirements for disc and drum brakes are too different to allow use of a disc actuator on drum brakes. Disc brakes typically need 1500-psi while drums need about 1000-psi. Brake proportioning valves do exist but we do not sell them. From a safety standpoint we do not like to recommend using a device like that. We always recommend using the appropriate actuator for the type of brakes on the trailer. Some actuators can take either drum-brake-pressure master cylinders...
view full answer... - Replacement Brake Actuator For A Gross Trailer Weight Of 10,000 Lbs. Absolutely, the brake actuator we have that most closely matches your gross trailer weight (GTW) of 10,000 lbs, is our Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator part # T2478100. If you do not wish to have a 3" drop for the hitch ball, you will want part # T2477600. The Titan actuator is rated for a gross trailer weight up to 12,500 lbs and will fit over a 3" wide trailer tongue. If you are using disc brakes then you will need the Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator w/ Electric Lockout part # T4750820.
view full answer... - Can a Titan Model 10 Actuator for Drum Brakes be Used with Disc BrakesThe part # T2478100 is indeed designed for use on trailers with drum brakes. The master cylinder of the actuator is designed for lower pressure drum brakes. What you can do is swap out the master cylinder of the actuator with the part # T4749501042 and it would be compatible with disc brakes.
view full answer... - Can a 12,500 Pound Brake Actuating Trailer Coupler be Used in Place of a 7,500 Pound CouplerIf you go with a higher capacity brake actuator than what the trailer requires the braking can be very aggressive. If the trailer is supposed to have a 7,500 pound capacity actuator then that is what I recommend sticking with that or going up to an 8,000 pound model such as # DM8759411.
view full answer... - Can Electric Lock Out be Added to Titan Model 10 ActuatorYou can pretty easily add an electric lockout to the Titan Model 10 actuator part # T2478100. For that all you would need is the part # T4748800. This will then allow you back up a hill without the brakes locking up.
view full answer... - Availability of Titan Model 10 Disc Brake Actuator/Coupler with Electric LockoutYes, you can use Titan 12.5K Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator with Electric Lockout, part # T4750820. This bolt-on coupler shares the 12,500-lb rating and 2-5/16-inch coupler size of the part you referenced, # T2478100. A breakaway kit is included.
view full answer... - Replacement Breakaway Lever Assembly for Titan Model 10 Surge Brake CouplerWe do indeed offer a replacement breakaway lever assembly for the Titan Model 10, the part number is # T1054100.
view full answer... - Is the Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator w/ Drop # T2478100 for Drum or Disc BrakesThe Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator w/ Drop # T2478100 that you referenced is designed for drum brakes so it sounds like it would be exactly what you would need. I attached a review video for this actuator for you to check out as well.
view full answer... - Actuator Coupler Latch Will Not Stay In SlotFirst, I recommend checking the size of the diameter of the hitch ball you are using. The Titan Zinc-Plated Brake Actuator # T2478100 is designed for use with 2-5/16 inch diameter hitch balls. If the hitch ball is too small, the coupler may be hitting the hitch ball too far down and preventing a secure connection. If you are using a 2-5/16 diameter hitch ball, it sounds like there may be something preventing the actuator from hooking fully around the hitch ball. The shoulder of the...
view full answer... - Comparison of Two Titan Hydraulic Trailer Brake ActuatorsThe two Titan brake actuators, parts # T2478100 and # T4750600, are the same actuator except the former is for drum brakes and the latter is for disc brakes. Part # T4750600 operates at a higher pressue (around 1,500 psi) which is what is required for disc brakes where part # T2478100 only operates about 1,000 psi. You want to select the appropriate actuator because the higher pressue is too much for drum brakes and the lower not enough for disc.
view full answer... - Electric Winch and Surge Actuator Recommendation for Trailer Towing 9,500 lb BoatWhen it comes to choosing a winch for a boat trailer, there are a few general rules we can use. The boat-size-to-winch capacity is generally 2 to 1. With good rollers and short winching distances, the ratio can increase to 3 to 1 and with wooden bunks and long winching distances, you will want to reduce the capacity to 1 to 1. For an electric winch that would work well for you the ComeUp winch part # CU644501 would work well. This has a 4,500 lb capacity and a 50 foot long synthetic...
view full answer... - Recommended Bolt-on Drum Brake Surge Coupler for 2-5/16-inch Ball and Triple-Axle Boat TrailerOn the linked page you can see all 12,500-lb-rated bolt-on drum brake surge couplers for 2-5/16-inch balls that will fit on a 3-inch straight trailer tongue. These are offered with or without drop, as with # T2478100 with 3-inches of drop and # T2477600 without, and also in either zinc-plated or primed/painted finishes.
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