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 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 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 11-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 you can get the superior performance that comes along with disc brakes. We do have the two assemblies here so this will be enough to upgrade a single Dexter axle with the 8,000 pound capacity and the number 42 spindles. Our rotors are 11 inches in diameter, and as you can see, we do have the 8 on 6 and a half inch bolt pattern. So this is going to fit on your wheels that are 16 inches and larger.
Our calipers and our caliper mounting brackets are an e-coated construction so they are going to resist rust and corrosion. They've got a 250 to 350 hour salt spray rating but our hub and rotor assemblies are an uncoated cast iron. So these are gonna be great for your camper, car hauler or utility trailer. They're not gonna be a really great option if you're wanting to put disc brakes on your boat trailer or in a trailer that's gonna come in contact with a lot of road salt and that sort of thing. I would recommend more of a Dacromet or a stainless steel construction if you're in that sort of environment.
But if you're not gonna have to worry about that, these are gonna do a great job for you. They are gonna be a good quality. So upgrading your trailer from drum brakes to disc brakes is gonna have several different benefits. One, it's going to dramatically shorten your stopping distance and it's also going to provide smoother, more controlled braking than you're used to with your drum brakes. So it's gonna help keep your trailer from pushing and pulling.
We've got these ceramic brake pads that are going to increase your stopping power, and we do have two large stainless steel pistons that provide fast, responsive braking for you. So in addition to improved performance, these are also going to require less maintenance than your drum brakes. So it's gonna help save you time and money. We do have the one piece hub and rotor assembly that's gonna help reduce the chance of uneven rotor wear. And we also have this vented design here that's going to help dissipate heat faster to prevent premature brake pad wear.
These are high quality automotive grade construction so they are gonna be very long lasting for you. Now the one caveat with disc brakes is that they are going to require a higher line pressure. So you're gonna need to make sure that you have a brake actuator and brake lines that are rated for 1500 PSI or higher in order to activate your brakes. So if you don't already have those, we do sell them separately here at etrailer.com. But you do wanna make sure that your setup is gonna be complete, that you're not using inferior products to try and apply your brakes here. So this kit isn't gonna include everything but it is going to give you the two cast iron hub and rotor assemblies with the eight pre-installed 9/16 inch diameter wheel bolts on each. You're also going to get 16 of these 9/16 inch lug nuts to hold your wheel in place. You'll get the two cast iron, e-coated cast iron calipers as well as the ductile iron caliper mounting brackets here. And if I turn this to the side, you can see that a little bit better, you can see these do have the 4-hole brake flange configuration so it'll be very easy to get mounted on your axle. Now I do wanna point out that I've been displaying these brake flanges on top. Just for balance sake. When you actually install these, they're gonna be on the side. That side support design is gonna help put all the weight on the mounting bracket itself instead of onto your hardware. So it's gonna help your hardware last longer. As you can see, I do have this portion, this bolt here loosely installed because it's got that yellow, medium strength thread lock on it. So we've just got that loosely installed for now. You'll want to make sure that that's nice and tight when you get this all installed. So in addition to all of those components, we're also going to have the pre-installed races on the inside. The inner and outer races are pre-installed. We're also gonna get our inner and outer bearings and then this is oil lubricated so we're going to have our two oil seals and two oil caps as well as one eight ounce bottle of synthetic bearing oil. So overall, like I said, a really great upgrade. If you're currently using drum brakes on your trailer that's not going to be in the water, in a salty environment and that sort of thing, these are gonna be a major upgrade for you. So that completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching.
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