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 13 inch hub and rotor disc brake assembly set. And 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. Having the two brake assemblies is going to allow you to upgrade a single 8,000 pound capacity axle with the number 42 spindles. Our rotors are 13 inches in diameter, and as you can see, they've got eight of these nine 16th inch diameter bolts in the eight on six and a half inch bolt pattern. So these are gonna work for your wheels that are 16 inches and larger.
We do have an e-coat on our calipers here that's gonna help resist rust and corrosion. It's got a 250 to 350 hour salt spray rating. Our hub and rotor assemblies are not coated so these are really designed more for your camper car hauler or utility trailer, your trailers that aren't gonna be in a whole lot of contact with road salts or in the water and that sort of thing. If you're looking to upgrade the brakes on your boat trailer, I would recommend going more with a dacromet finish or a stainless steel construction if you're gonna be in those really corrosive environments. I'll be in salt water a lot on heavily treated roads, that sort of thing.
But if you're not gonna be in those sort of environments these are gonna work just fine for you. The advantage of switching from drum breaks to disc brakes is that you are going to going to have a much better performance with your disc brakes. These do have these ceramic brake pads that will increase your stopping power. There's also a large two and a half inch diameter stainless steel piston that provides fast responsive braking. So you'll notice you do have a much shorter stopping distance.
These are also going to be much smoother and more controlled than your drum brakes, so it's gonna help keep your trailer from pushing and pulling as you're braking, so be a much better performance for you. And in addition to better performance, these are also going to require less maintenance. So it is gonna help saving time and money over the long run. Having the one piece hub and rotor assembly does reduce the chance of uneven rotor wear. And here on the side you can see we do have this vented design that's gonna help dissipate your heat faster to prevent premature brake pad wear.
Now your brake pads will wear down over time and will need to be replaced, but that's a pretty straightforward process and those are really the only components that will need to be replaced in the future. Unlike your drum brakes, these don't have a lot of little springs and other components that could potentially fail and need to be replaced. And these are nice high quality automotive grade construction, so it is gonna be very long lasting for you. One caveat with upgrading from drum breaks to disc brakes is that disc brakes do require a higher line pressure than your drum brakes. So you need to make sure you have a hydraulic brake actuator and brake lines that are rated for 1500 psi or higher, in order to properly activate your disc brakes here. And if you have a trailer that's set up for drum brakes it's very unlikely that those brake lines and your brake controller are going to be rated for that higher line pressure. And so it might take some doing to get everything switched over. If you don't already have a hydraulic brake actuator and brake lines rated for that 1500 psi, we do have them available here at etrailer.com. Obviously it's not included in this set so this isn't gonna be everything that you need, but it will give you the two cast iron hub and rotor assemblies with the eight pre-installed nine 16th inch diameter wheel bolts on each. You'll also get 16 of these nine 16th inch zinc plated steel lug nuts to hold your wheel in place. We'll have our two e-coated cast iron calipers as well as our e-coated ductile iron caliper mounting brackets. So if I turn this around here you can see those mounting brackets better. These do have the four 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 these mounted on top just for display purposes and for balance, but when you actually go to install them they're gonna be mounted on the side, and that side support design puts all the weight on the mounting bracket instead of on your bolts. So it helps your bolts last longer. And you are going to get four of these stainless steel caliper mounting bolts, two for each assembly. We do have our inner and our outer races pre-installed here, so that's going to give us the location for our inner and our outer bearings; as we'll fit inside the races, to make sure that everything's rotating smoothly. This system is lubricated with grease so we are going to have our two grease seals for the inside and our two easy lube grease caps on the outside here. And these are easy lube caps, so you've got that little rubber plug that can be removed very easily. Put your grease gun up to your easy lube spindle if you have one, and just pump some grease in there and make sure that everything's staying lubricated. But like I said, if you are wanting to upgrade from your drum breaks to disc brakes and your trailer's not going to be in those really corrosive environments with road salts and water and that sort of thing, these will do a good job for you. If you're gonna be in those more corrosive environments, I would recommend going more with dacromet finish or a stainless steel construction. But these will do a good job for those of you who aren't in those environments. So that completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching.
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