Cobra trailer brake heating up

On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 11:44:43 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Bumping this thread to see what Eric found last year.

My Cobra brake jammed on after a hard stop on the way home from Midlothian last week. Couldn't free it up so disconnected the brake cables at the center brake rod. That freed up the wheels immediately so I drove home. Seemed to stay jammed until I came up the steep driveway. Now it's free, with no indication what might have been wrong. The inner sliding tube and bushings were lubed and moved freely. The brakes and cables were fine; the wheels turned freely after I disconnected the cables even though the tongue was still jammed in the collapsed position.

One odd thing: the lever that comes out of the lower part of the tongue that pulls the brake rod couldn't be tapped loose. No surprise since the inner tube was fully collapsed and thus actuating this lever. But on the way home, I stopped again: tongue was still collapsed but this time when I tapped the lever, it came loose and moved freely. I'm just getting into it now to see what might be amiss but has anyone had this problem?

Chip Bearden

Chip:
Are you sure there isn't a bullet jammed in it?
Jim