Video Transcript for Titan Brake Actuator - Surge Brake Actuator - T4606520 Review

Today we're going to take a look at the Titan bolt on disc brake actuator with the electric lockout, fits a two inch diameter ball and has a 7,500 pound weight capacity. This hydraulic actuator will synchronize your trailer brakes with your tow vehicle brakes. Basically what happens is when you apply the brakes on your tow vehicle, deceleration occurs and the momentum will push the trailer toward the rear of your vehicle, so with the surge brake system, this actuator is triggered as your trailer moves forward while the tow vehicle slows. The actuator will then telescope. This part here will telescope in, applies force to the master cylinder. Master cylinder is right underneath here which in turn will supply the hydraulic pressure to engage your trailer brakes.

This one happens to have, if you can see right under here, the end of the master cylinder, they've installed a electric reverse lockout and this will let you back up without actuating your trailer brakes. They have a solenoid here at the end and that will activate automatically when you shift into the reverse. Basically that solenoid will wire into your trailer connector which connects to your tow vehicle so that it can detect when you're in reverse. When your vehicle's in reverse, that solenoid will ensure that the hydraulic actuator does not activate your trailer brakes which allows you then to back up your trailer. To use that lockout feature that's on here, you must have a five way flat, a six way round, or a seven way trailer connector. Now, the breakaway kit, which is this cable right here, it is all included.

It has this S-hook on the end and basically what that is, it's a safety device, so what you would do is hook S-hook to your tow vehicle and if by chance your trailer would come disconnected from your tow vehicle, it would pull on this cable which would then activate a lever that would activate the master cylinder to apply the brakes in a runaway situation. This actuator is a zinc plating which provides a nice corrosion resistance. It's durable steel construction. If you notice the holes on it, it is a bolt on installation. The application for this is for a disc brake system. Again, the ball size it fits is a two inch diameter ball and this has a nice lever, basically all you have to do ...

It does have a safety feature, there's a pin. Let me swing it around this way. You'll see this pin that's hooked to this tether. You just pull this pin out to unlock it and that'll allow you to release the lever. You just push on this button and it will pop out that, and now you're able to stick this right on to your two inch diameter ball.

Once it goes on the ball then you just push it down and that'll hold it into place and then for extra safety, you just take this pin and put it in the hole, slide it all the way across and that'll lock it and keep this, even if you slide this lever, keeps the lever from opening and detaching your ball. Now the mounting on this, it is designed to mount on three inch wide by four inch, or three wide by five inch wide channel tongue. Again, the weight capacity on this is 7,500 pound and the maximum tongue weight capacity is 750 pounds. That should do it for the review on the Titan bolt on disc brake actuator with the electric lockout designed to fit a two inch diameter ball and has a 7,500 pound weight capacity.