Most Popular Surge Brake Actuator for 2021 Toyota Sienna

After 36,000 miles on my boat trailer, my previous Dexter Brake Actuator was looking pretty worn. A replacement was needed. Easy to install - just two bolts, filling the brake fluid reservoir and connecting the brake line.

Product is exactly as advertised. The team kept me well informed of delivery. Definately recommend shopping at etrailer!

This Actuator is perfect for my project; a light weight tear drop trailer. Really well made, and the shipping and customer service is really first rate. Great to deal with etrailer. More later after I get a chance to test it.

etrailer.com is a great company to do business with, and they definitely get 5 stars from me. Great website (love the videos and things are easy to find) , great selections, good prices, fast delivery, great customer support, etc. Now, for the surge actuator... I'll give the surge actuator 5 stars, too, but with some hesitation about a couple of minor things. First, let me say that I was absolutely thrilled with the performance of the actuator on its first road trip. We have a 5000 lb. combined boat and trailer weight, and while creeping down a very steep hill, just to see what things felt like, having the trailer behind me didn't feel any different than just driving my Yukon without the trailer. Also, stopping and then starting up from a stop sign was as smooth as silk -- no jerking or tugging feeling whatsoever. After pulling the trailer for about 30 minutes, I stopped and measured the temperature of the trailer wheels near the hubs, and they were at 75-80 degrees on a 60-degree day. Like I said, I was trilled, especially after previously dealing with an actuator that performed badly in all of the ways that this new one performed so well. That's why I'm giving the actuator 5 stars, but like I said, it's with some hesitation and here's why... I'm not sure I'm a fan of the screw-type ball latch that's on the actuator. I wrestled with it for a long time before I finally figured out what was wrong and managed to get the latch onto the hitch ball. There's a small rectangular bracket on the bottom side of the latching mechanism, and it holds the hex head of the bolt that you're screwing down on when the latch is closing. The latch is spring loaded, so normally that little bracket is held in place where it needs to be, but if the spring is compressed, it's possible for the little rectangular bracket to get turned 90 degrees from where it should. And if that happens, you're not gonna get a 2" ball onto that actuator -- I tried and failed for a long time. The other thing that causes some hesitation is that that latch mechanism seems like it might not be quite as corrosion proof as I would hope. I've decided to spray it with WD-40 to see if that helps to keep it in good shape. I'm including 3 photos with this review. One shows the little rectangular bracket that holds the bolt's hex head in its correct position, another shows what the latch should look like when it's fully opened, and the third shows the beginning signs of a little corrosion after the actuator has been outside for only a couple of weeks. We did launch the boat once in salt water, but I don't think the actuator got wet when we did it, so I think the slight corrosion is just from being outside in the rain, and not from salt water exposure. Like I said, the actuator performed extremely well, so even with the minor criticisms, I'll still give it 5 stars. And etrailer definitely gets 5 stars!

Awesome coupler. My trailer is a 1990 and the old coupler was welded on. Had no other option than to weld the new coupler on. Came out great and works perfectly. Made my own brake lockout key. See photos below

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worked well as a replacement on my sailboat trailer.

This brake actuator was an easy replacement to my previous 1996 Tennessee boat Trailer actuator. I did have to get creative with the line plumbing do to the change in angle. Also needed to change the lock to a pin lock. I like the latching feature and overall quality. I would not hesitate to make this purchase again.

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Perfect replacement for my body trailer. Actuator is alittle hard to prime with out a bench to set it on. But works great

Not a fan because of the screw down and up for ball attachment. Unit Itself works great.

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Bolted right on with no problem. Now to pull off the hubs and check the wheel cylinders

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this is the best product it's so easy to use!just lower the hitch and it locks in and is also easy to unhitch, no binding. I would highly recommend this actuator.

Best brake actuator I have ever used. Had issues with my brake line fitting up to the actuator and George J helped me trouble shoot the problem and got it resolved in no time. Best price, best product and superior support staff. I would not hesitate to purchase any product from them at all and will definitely use them in the future for all my trailer needs.

Original brake actuator was welded to the trailer tongue. I had to cut it back and weld a new piece of 3x3 tube steel and extend it out enough to install the new actuator. It lengthened the trailer by about a foot but worked out pretty well. The new one works great.

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Works as it should. If I had it to do over I would go with electric over hydraulic

Delivery was very fast. Quality seems very good. Installation was super easy since my Shorelander swing tongue trailer has this standard hole pattern. I love how it looks and the extra foot of distance I get between the boat and my tow vehicle (so less chance of needing to get my feet wet or crawl through the SUV).

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Finished drum to disc brake conversion on my 1993 year model Bass Cat trailer. Installation went smoothly and the UFP-A60 Actuator replaced the obsolete Atwood Actuator. Shortened the outer member a bit and added a 1" flat bar to the bottom for welding of 4" channel trailer frame.

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I put this on an easy loader trailer that had an Atwood master cylinder which is now obsolete. Cutting the old actuator off was a real bitch. Installing the new Dexter actuator was very easy. I could bend the existing brake line 180 and hook it directly up without having to change the end. The bolts were easily available at the hardware store, I wish they would have came with it. The quality of the drop and go hitch is unbelievably easy to use.

This is a nice easy to use hitch. This is the 3rd one purchased for boat trailer hitch replacement. Really like the drop and go feature.

Item is heavy duty and well made. It fit perfectly over my 3" trailer tongue (after much grinding to remove the old welded-on actuator). Item could have been better packed for shipping. It is quite heavy, but had only wadded up paper to cushion it. It bounced around in transit and the plastic plug protecting the output port of the master cylinder was damaged,

nice heavy duty well built actuator, a little modification from my prior actuator but, doable. Thanks

I really like the sleekness of the hitch. However the emergency cable was pretty scuffed up, see pictures. Also I’m using this for a boat application and would think a screw cap rather that a rubber plug would be more appropriate to keep water out if backed into the water. Just my thoughts.

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Worked great, added the reverse solenoid as well.

Best service ever Shipping was excellent and fast great company will do business again

Easy to install, easy to use, works great.