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Great 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 5/8" 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 camper or trailer 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. This 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 trailer. So having the two brake assemblies is going to allow us to upgrade a single axle with a 7,000 pound capacity and the number 42 spindles. Our rotors are 13 inches in diameter and we've got the 8, 5/8 inch diameter bolts here and the 8 on 6 and a half inch bolt pattern. So these are gonna work for your wheels that are 16 inches and larger.
Our calipers and our caliper mounting brackets are both e-coated so they're gonna resist rust and corrosion with a 250 to 350 hour salt spray rating. Our hub and rotors are just an iron construction. They're not gonna have any coating on them so this is going to be good for your campers, car haulers or utility type trailers that are not gonna see a whole lot of interaction with road salts and that sort of thing. If you're looking to upgrade your brakes on like a boat trailer or a trailer that is gonna be on heavily treated roads quite a bit, I would recommend more of a Dacromet finish or a stainless steel construction. Those are gonna be better in those sort of environments that are very corrosive.
They're gonna hold up better for much longer time than these would. But if your trailer's not going to be in those kind of environments, you don't have to worry about it. These are gonna do a great job for you. So upgrading your trailer from drum brakes to disc brakes is going to help to improve your performance for your brakes and it's going to dramatically reduce your stopping distance. And it's also going to make your braking much smoother and more controlled.
We do have the ceramic brake pads here that are going to increase your stopping power and you can't see it, but there is a large 2 and a half inch diameter stainless steel piston that provides a fast, responsive braking experience for you. So definitely an improvement over your drum brakes. And in addition to better performance, these are also going to require less maintenance than your drum brakes. So it's gonna help save you time and money over the long run. Having that one piece hub and rotor assembly is gonna reduce the chance of uneven rotor wear.
And here on the side, you can see we have this vented design that's gonna help dissipate heat faster to prevent premature brake pad wear. These are a nice high quality automotive grade construction so they are gonna be very long lasting. Like I said, as long as you're in those environments that aren't gonna be too hard on them, and these will hold up really well for you. Now the one caveat with disc brakes is that they do require a higher line pressure than your drum brakes. So you are gonna need to make sure that you have a hydraulic brake actuator and brake lines that are rated for 1500 PSI or higher in order to activate these disc brakes. That's kind of rare for your trailers that are already set up for drum brakes and so it might be quite a project to get everything converted over but I think it's gonna be worth it in the long run for the superior performance that comes along with these. We do have the hydraulic brake actuators and brake lines available here at etrailer.com. They are sold separately. So this kit isn't gonna be everything that you need, but it is going to give you the two cast iron hub and rotor assemblies with the eight pre-installed wheel bolts on each. Those wheel bolts are 5/8 inch in diameter as I mentioned before. We're also gonna get 16 of these 5/8 inch zinc plated steel lug nuts to hold your wheels in place. You've got the two e-coated cast iron calipers and two of these e-coated ductile iron caliper mounting brackets. And so you can see, these do have the 5-bolt brake flange configuration so they are gonna be very easy to get put on your axle. And now I do wanna point out, I've got this displayed on top just for balance sake but when you actually go to install these, they are gonna be mounted on the side. That side support design puts all the weight on the mounting bracket instead of on the bolts. So it's gonna help your bolts last longer. You are gonna get four of these stainless steel caliper mounting bolts with this kit. We're also gonna have our inner and our outer races that are pre-installed here. We'll have our inner and outer bearings that will fit in there to keep everything moving properly. And then this system is lubricated with oil. So you're gonna have your two oil seals for the inside and then your two oil caps for the outside here as well as one eight ounce bottle of synthetic bearing oil. So everything's gonna keep rolling smoothly for you. You don't have to worry about things binding up which obviously can be bad for your trailer. So like I said, this kit is going to be a major improvement over your drum brakes as far as performance and maintenance goes. And having that e-coat finish on your calipers is gonna help resist corrosion, hold up really well as long as you're not being in the, too rough on it, being in those kind of environments where you would need a higher quality setup. So that completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching.
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