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 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 that you can take advantage of the superior performance that comes along with having disc brakes on your trailer. These disc brakes, having the two assemblies, is going to allow you to upgrade a single 8,000 pound capacity Dexter axle with the number 42 spindles. Our rotors are 11 inches in diameter and as you can see, we have eight of these five eight inch diameter wheel bolts in the eight on six and a half inch bolt pattern. So these are going to work for your wheels that are 16 inches and larger.
Our calipers and our caliper mounting brackets have an e-coat finish that's going to help resist rust and corrosion. That's gonna provide a 250 to 350 hour salt spray rating. Our hubs and rotor assemblies are not coated, so this is really gonna be designed for your campers, car haulers and utility type trailers where you're not gonna be in water or really salty environments where you could face a lot of corrosion and that sort of thing. If you are gonna be upgrading your boat trailer or something along those lines, I'd recommend going more with a dichromate finish or a stainless steel construction. Those are gonna hold up a little bit better in those more corrosive environments.
But if your trailer's not gonna be in those kind of environments, these are gonna do just fine for you, and they are gonna be a major upgrade over your drum brakes, providing much better performance for you. We have the ceramic brake pads here that are going to increase your stopping power, and there is a couple large diameter stainless steel pistons that provide fast, responsive braking for you, so these are going to help dramatically shorten your stopping distance. They're also going to provide a smoother, more controlled braking experience than you're used to with your drum brakes, so it's gonna help keep your trailer from pushing and pulling as you're braking. In addition to better performance these are also going to require less maintenance than your drum brakes, 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 do have this vented design and it's gonna help dissipate heat faster to prevent premature brake pad wear.
Now your brake pads will wear down over time, they 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. You're not gonna have all the small springs and other components like your drum brakes that can potentially fail and need to be replaced more frequently. So these are of high quality automotive grade construction, so they are gonna last you a nice long time. One caveat with upgrading to disc brakes is that disc brakes do require a higher line pressure than your drum brakes, 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 in order to properly activate these disc brakes. If you have a trailer that's currently set up for drum brakes, it's pretty rare that it will work with the disc brakes so it might take some doing to get everything switched out.
If you don't already have a hydraulic brake actuator and brake lines with that 1500 psi rating, we do have those available here at etrailer.com. Obviously they're not included in this kit, so this isn't gonna provide everything that you need, but this is going to give you the two cast iron hub and rotor assemblies with the eight five eights-inch diameter pre-installed wheel bolts on each. You'll also get 16 of these five eights-inch zinc plated steel lug nuts to hold your wheel in place. You've got the two e-coated cast iron calipers here, as well as the two e-coated ductile iron caliper mounting here on the backside. So you can see these do have the four bolt brake flange configuration, so it's gonna be very easy to get these mounted on your axle. I do wanna point out I've got these displayed on top just for balance sake, but when you actually go to install them, 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 is going to help your bolts last longer. Now this system does also come with the inner and outer braces. Those are pre-installed, so it's going to make it much easier for you to get your bearings, these are your inner and you also have your outer bearings, that will fit inside those braces. Make everything rotate nice and smooth there. This system is lubricated with grease, so you've got your two grease seals for the inside and then your two grease caps on the outside. These are easy lube grease caps, so an easy lube spindle, you can just pop out that rubber plug there, hook up your grease gun, pump some grease through to keep everything well lubricated inside there. Makes it much easier than having to take the cap off and all of that anytime you want to add grease. So, like I said, this is definitely going to be for trailers that aren't going to be in super corrosive environments, but if you are looking to upgrade your trailer from drum brakes to disc brakes these are going to be a major improvement for you. That completes our look for today, again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com, thanks for watching.
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