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Finally had some sun so I pulled the left wheel and hubcap- looked too nice to do exploratory surgery so I decided to take it around town instead. Did some highway, back roads, pushed it backwards on pavement, backwards on gravel, backwards uphill- everything is working as it's supposed to. So...

I pulled the old one out and cleaned the grease off everything. The old one looks OK, it's not quite as stiff as the new one, but I put the new one in anyway. I hooked up to the jeep and pulled it forward from its parking spot just a few feet and tried going backwards- brakes still locking...

Don't know yet- still haven't swapped it out yet. Given how stiff the new one is, if the one I pull out of the trailer is soft I'll believe it's the shock.

Do you have any idea what the military calls it? There's nothing in the manual with that name, or anything like it.

Looks pretty straightforward to replace. Ordered the part. Thanks!

Nope. The backing feature is by design; in stock form you can back the trailer without the brakes applying. If it's not backing then it's not working like it should. Drilling holes would only mask that symptom- the problem would still exist.

Thanks for all the replies. It was working great previously, even backed 2,000# of landscape block up my driveway. Stock worked before, I want stock to work again.

Awesome! The voodoo is the part that makes it back without applying the brakes, but does apply the brakes when the trailer is overrunning the vehicle.

Thanks, but the M1101/2 does not use a pin, it's automatic (somehow). I need to know the voodoo that makes it work or not work.

Trailer has been sitting a while (with the parking brakes set) and i pulled it from its parking spot over to the driveway. While backing it in the driveway the brakes applied so I pulled it around the block and tried again. This time it went up the driveway but I think the brakes were...