On Jun 17, 10:42*am, chris wrote:
On Jun 17, 9:13*am, Peter Scholz
wrote:

probably the levers in the brake that are operated by the cables and
engage the brake pads have become stuck.

You can try several things:

1. the trailer brakes are supposed to automatically disengage when
pushing the trailer backwards.
If there is room behind the trailer to do
that operation, try to push back the trailer with your car. This
operation might be enough to loosen the brake pads.

With my car I pulled the trailer forward about 1m then back a meter in
reverse. *It took quite a bit of RPM/horsepower to drag the tires
across the cement, I was hoping going in reverse would have unlocked
it too but it did not.

2. If not successful, get a medium hammer and make a few strokes on the
mounting disc (accessible from underneath the trailer, about where the
cables get into the brake). This might loosen the mechanism.

By "mounting disk" do you just mean the main metal part that is
exposed inward [through which the cable goes]?

thanks
Chris

My Cobra trailer had been parked by the previous owner with the brakes
set.
Needless to say they rusted in that position. We were able to get it
to move
(finally) by backing off the brakes with an adjustment lever. There
should be
a port on the back side of the hub (the axle side of the wheel) with a
rubber plug.
Pull off the plug and you should see a toothed wheel in there. You
can move that
with a screwdriver to back off the brakes.

-- Matt