Perfect for your camper, car hauler, or trailer, these disc brakes offer a safe ride. Short stopping distances and consistent braking keep your trailer from pushing and pulling. Includes inner (25580) and outer (02475) bearings and 9/16" bolts.
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Say goodbye to the days of your truck being pushed and pulled by your trailer. Disc brakes provide a safer, more comfortable ride than drum brakes. They offer shorter stopping distances and deliver consistent braking - even at highway speeds. So, you won't have to worry about things crashing around in your trailer or camper next time you reach unexpected traffic on the highway or debate if you can actually stop before that yellow light turns red.
More and more people are switching their trailers over to disc brakes. Not only do disc brakes provide more controlled braking than drum brakes, but they also save you money by having fewer parts to maintain.
Unlike drum brakes, which have springs, magnets, and shoes that may need to be continually adjusted or replaced, disc brakes are virtually maintenance-free. There are no springs, cables, or other little components that you'll need to worry about failing.
The brake pads will naturally wear down, so eventually you'll have to replace them. But these pads are also way easier to replace than drum brake shoes. The caliper - where the pads are housed - is located on the outside of the brake assembly. This means you just have to remove that one part to replace the brake pads rather than having to remove the entire assembly like you would with drum brakes.
This particular kit can save you time and money over other disc brakes on the market as well. A slip-on rotor may be easier to install initially, but water can find its way between the rotor and your existing hub, causing uneven rotor wear or runout. With a 1-piece hub-and-rotor assembly, water and debris can't get in to cause any corrosion or contamination.
In addition, vented rotors, like these, disperse heat faster than non-vented rotors. When brakes retain heat, they are more likely to experience brake fade, or loss of braking power. So even if you take your boat or camper out every weekend, these trailer brakes will continue to offer excellent performance throughout their long life.
Kodiak disc brakes have a unique caliper mounting bracket as well. The side-support design puts all of the weight on the mounting bracket instead of on the bolts. This reduces premature wear and extends the life of the bolts, further ensuring optimal performance.
If you want to remount your existing wheels after installing these brakes, you'll need a kit that offers the same bolt pattern. To determine the bolt pattern, count the number of bolt holes (or lug nuts) on your trailer's wheel. This will give you the first number in the pattern. To find the second number, just measure the distance between a bolt hole and the bolt hole across from it.
For example on wheels with an even number of bolt holes: 6 on 5-1/2" means 6 bolt holes with 5-1/2" from the center of 1 hole to the center of the hole across from it.
And with an odd number of bolt holes: 5 on 4-1/2" means 5 bolt holes with 4-1/2" from the center of 1 hole to the farthest edge of one of the 2 farthest bolt holes.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi there, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a quick look at this Kodiak 13-inch hub and rotor disc brake assembly set. Now this set is going to allow you to upgrade your trailer from drum brakes to disc brakes so that you can take advantage of the superior performance that comes along with having disc brakes on your vehicle. Having the two brake assemblies here is going to allow us to upgrade a single 8,000 pound capacity AL-KO or quality type axle with the number 42 spindles. Our rotors are 13 inches in diameter and as you can see, we have eight of these 9/16 inch diameter wheel bolts in the 8 on 6 and a half inch bolt pattern. So these are going to work for your wheels that are 16 inches and larger.
Our hub and rotors as well as our calipers and our caliper mounting brackets are all e-coated so they are gonna help resist rust and corrosion. That e-coating has a 250 to 350 hour salt spray rating. So these are going to be good for your camper, car hauler or utility type trailer. Really any trailer where you're not going to be in a lot of contact with corrosive environments. So if you are looking for a upgrade to disc brakes for like a boat trailer or a trailer that's gonna be on heavily treated roads, where it's gonna come in contact with a lot of salt and that sort of thing, I'd recommend going more with a dacromet finish or a stainless steel construction.
Those are gonna be a little bit better in those more corrosive environments, but if your trailer's not going to be in those kind of environments, these are going to do a great job for you and you don't have to worry about it. So upgrading your trailer from disc brakes or from drum brakes to disc brakes is going to dramatically improve your performance of your trailer. These do have the ceramic brake pads that will help to increase your stopping power, so it is going to help dramatically shorten your stopping distance. And then we've got the large, 2 and a half inch diameter stainless steel piston that provides fast, responsive braking. So it is going to provide smoother, more controlled braking than you are used to with your drum brakes and it's gonna help keep your trailer from pushing and pulling like you're probably used to.
And in addition to better performance, these are also going to require less maintenance. And so it is gonna help save you time and money. Having the one piece hub and rotor assembly is gonna reduce the chance of uneven rotor wear. And here on the side, you can see we've got a vented design that's gonna help dissipate heat faster to prevent premature brake pad wear. Now your brake pads will wear down over time and you will need to replace them, but that's a pretty straightforward process and those are really the only components that you'll have to worry about replacing.
It's not gonna have a lot of springs and small components like your drum brakes do. And these are a high quality automotive grade construction so they are gonna be very long lasting for you. And so they are going to be very minimal maintenance over the life of them. Now the one caveat to upgrading from drum brakes to disc brakes is that disc brakes do require a higher line pressure than your drum brakes. And so you're gonna need to make sure that you've got a hydraulic brake actuator and brake lines that are rated for 1500 PSI or higher. That's gonna be pretty rare for your trailers that are currently set up for drum brakes. And so it might take some doing to get everything switched over. If you don't already have hydraulic brake actuator and brake lines rated for that 1500 PSI, we do have them available here at etrailer.com. Obviously they're not included in this kit so this isn't gonna be everything that you need. But this is going to give you the two e-coated cast iron hub and rotor assemblies with the 8 pre-installed, 9/16 inch diameter wheel bolts on each. You're also gonna get 16 of these 9/16 inch zinc plated steel lug nuts to hold your wheel in place. You've got the two e-coated calipers. They are cast iron construction. And then on the backside here, we do have our two e-coated ductile iron caliper mounting brackets that these do have the 4-bolt brake flange configuration. So it is gonna be very easy to get these mounted on your axle. I do wanna point out that I've got this mounted on top, just for display purposes but when you actually go to install them, they're gonna be mounted on the side. That side support design puts all the weight on the mounting bracket itself instead of on your bolts so it helps your bolts last longer. We're also gonna get four of these stainless steel caliper mounting bolts, two for each side. So it will mount your calipers to your caliper mounting brackets. We're also going to have two inner and two outer races as well as our inner bearing or inner bearings and our outer bearings that will fit inside those races to make sure that everything is rotating smoothly there. This system is lubricated with oil so we're going to have our two oil seals for the inside, our two oil caps for the outside as well as one 8 ounce bottle of synthetic bearing oil to make sure that everything is well lubricated and moving smoothly inside there. So like I said, if you've got a trailer that you're wanting to upgrade from drum brakes to disc brakes, this is gonna be a great improvement for you as long as your trailer's not gonna be in those super corrosive environments. These are gonna do a really great job. That completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with e etrailer.com. Thanks for watching.
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