etrailer | Roadmaster InvisiBrake Braking System Installation - 2022 Chevrolet Spark
Click for more info and reviews of this Roadmaster Tow Bar Braking Systems: https://www.etrailer.com/Tow-Bar-Braking-Systems/Roadmaster/RM-8700.html https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/user/etrailertv Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-roadmaster-invisibrake-braking-system-2022-chevrolet-spark-rm-8700.aspx Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer. And today, we're taking a look at installing the Roadmaster InvisiBrake Supplemental Braking System on a 2022 Chevrolet Spark. Now your braking system is gonna allow the vehicle to slow and stop as the RV goes down the road, but also you're gonna have a breakaway switch here. And that way if the car does become detached from all of your towbar and safety cables, it's gonna pull our cable and that's gonna allow those brakes to apply on the vehicle and then bring it to a stop. Now the InvisiBrake is pretty nice because your box will be mounted inside allowing you to adjust the pressure on the cylinder, and the rest of the cylinder lives up to the name InvisiBrake. So it actually hides kind of in the floorboard and it does make for a little bit trickier of an install, but overall it looks really cleaned once it's installed. So we're gonna head into the shop and I'll show you how I routed mine and kind of where we mounted everything up. Now there's gonna be five main components required for flat towing a vehicle. And the first one we're gonna start on the vehicle side is gonna be the base plate. And the base plate attaches to the front of the vehicle normally to the frame or the bumper beam and that creates a solid mounting point, and it also creates attachment points for the rest of them. Now with your base plate, this one here with our Roadmaster, we have our arms. And these actually come out when not in use but these create the connection point to our towbar, which is our second component, which connects the towed vehicle with the hitch of the RV. Now the next thing moving along from the base plate is our safety chain loops. So our Nighthawk here actually has the nice integrated safety cables. But in case of accidental disconnect, this is just gonna add a secondary safety to make sure that it's holding on. Also, if this comes out, you should have them crossed and that's gonna keep that towbar from just dragging along the road. Next, you'll have your supplemental breaking system. And right here, we have our breakaway cable. So in case all of these fail, it's gonna pull this cable and that's going to put the brakes on the towed vehicle bringing it to a stop. That way, it's not rolling down the highway. But also with that breaking system, as you slow and stop with your RV, it's gonna transmit that to the brake pedal on the vehicle and that's just gonna make it less harsh on the RV. It's not gonna be pushing you around. And overall, it's just gonna be a safer drive. Now it is required in most states, but vehicle like this might fall under that category of weight to not need one. So something you might wanna look into. Next, you're also gonna have diode wiring. And this is our light signals transmitted to the taillights of the vehicle from the RV. So you have your seven pole on your RV and through the umbilical, that'll transmit our signals here to the taillights. And you tie into those using diodes which will protect your taillights but also give you your running lights, your turn signals as well as your brake lights. Now so the installation of the InvisiBrake, it's a lot easier to have the seat removed because you're gonna be hiding the piston as well as the cable routing underneath the carpet. So to take this out pretty easy, it's gonna be some T45 Torx bits. So just four of 'em should take the seat out and you'll be thanking yourself just to have that extra space. So we'll start here at where the InvisiBrake module is. This is where you're gonna adjust your air pressure and you can self-tap this into your floor. But really, the best way I've found sometimes is just putting some hook and loop here underneath, and that way it's gonna stick to either the floorboard or even the mat, and it's just gonna make it to where you're not having to drill that into your floor. It's not gonna move. It's relatively heavy. And plus, with the hook and loop that should keep it in place. Now there are quite a few connections coming out of here, so a total of four. We have our small little airline here, that's gonna go directly to our cylinder. We also have another thicker airline, quarter inch, and this is gonna run eventually to our engine bay to tap into our brake booster. We then have two plugs here, so this is gonna tie on into our diode wiring. And this red and black and white, this is just going to eventually make its way to power. So tracing this, I just went ahead and used a loon clamp and used the factory hardware here on the plugs from our seat and just tucked our wiring here in the carpet. So
Click for more info and reviews of this Roadmaster Tow Bar Braking Systems: https://www.etrailer.com/Tow-Bar-Braking-Systems/Roadmaster/RM-8700.html https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/user/etrailertv Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-roadmaster-invisibrake-braking-system-2022-chevrolet-spark-rm-8700.aspx Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer. And today, we're taking a look at installing the Roadmaster InvisiBrake Supplemental Braking System on a 2022 Chevrolet Spark. Now your braking system is gonna allow the vehicle to slow and stop as the RV goes down the road, but also you're gonna have a breakaway switch here. And that way if the car does become detached from all of your towbar and safety cables, it's gonna pull our cable and that's gonna allow those brakes to apply on the vehicle and then bring it to a stop. Now the InvisiBrake is pretty nice because your box will be mounted inside allowing you to adjust the pressure on the cylinder, and the rest of the cylinder lives up to the name InvisiBrake. So it actually hides kind of in the floorboard and it does make for a little bit trickier of an install, but overall it looks really cleaned once it's installed. So we're gonna head into the shop and I'll show you how I routed mine and kind of where we mounted everything up. Now there's gonna be five main components required for flat towing a vehicle. And the first one we're gonna start on the vehicle side is gonna be the base plate. And the base plate attaches to the front of the vehicle normally to the frame or the bumper beam and that creates a solid mounting point, and it also creates attachment points for the rest of them. Now with your base plate, this one here with our Roadmaster, we have our arms. And these actually come out when not in use but these create the connection point to our towbar, which is our second component, which connects the towed vehicle with the hitch of the RV. Now the next thing moving along from the base plate is our safety chain loops. So our Nighthawk here actually has the nice integrated safety cables. But in case of accidental disconnect, this is just gonna add a secondary safety to make sure that it's holding on. Also, if this comes out, you should have them crossed and that's gonna keep that towbar from just dragging along the road. Next, you'll have your supplemental breaking system. And right here, we have our breakaway cable. So in case all of these fail, it's gonna pull this cable and that's going to put the brakes on the towed vehicle bringing it to a stop. That way, it's not rolling down the highway. But also with that breaking system, as you slow and stop with your RV, it's gonna transmit that to the brake pedal on the vehicle and that's just gonna make it less harsh on the RV. It's not gonna be pushing you around. And overall, it's just gonna be a safer drive. Now it is required in most states, but vehicle like this might fall under that category of weight to not need one. So something you might wanna look into. Next, you're also gonna have diode wiring. And this is our light signals transmitted to the taillights of the vehicle from the RV. So you have your seven pole on your RV and through the umbilical, that'll transmit our signals here to the taillights. And you tie into those using diodes which will protect your taillights but also give you your running lights, your turn signals as well as your brake lights. Now so the installation of the InvisiBrake, it's a lot easier to have the seat removed because you're gonna be hiding the piston as well as the cable routing underneath the carpet. So to take this out pretty easy, it's gonna be some T45 Torx bits. So just four of 'em should take the seat out and you'll be thanking yourself just to have that extra space. So we'll start here at where the InvisiBrake module is. This is where you're gonna adjust your air pressure and you can self-tap this into your floor. But really, the best way I've found sometimes is just putting some hook and loop here underneath, and that way it's gonna stick to either the floorboard or even the mat, and it's just gonna make it to where you're not having to drill that into your floor. It's not gonna move. It's relatively heavy. And plus, with the hook and loop that should keep it in place. Now there are quite a few connections coming out of here, so a total of four. We have our small little airline here, that's gonna go directly to our cylinder. We also have another thicker airline, quarter inch, and this is gonna run eventually to our engine bay to tap into our brake booster. We then have two plugs here, so this is gonna tie on into our diode wiring. And this red and black and white, this is just going to eventually make its way to power. So tracing this, I just went ahead and used a loon clamp and used the factory hardware here on the plugs from our seat and just tucked our wiring here in the carpet. So