Drum brake assembly provides superior protection from corrosion and lets you reverse without actuating. Designed for use with hydraulic brake actuators that do not include reverse lockouts. Fits most 14-1/2", 15" and 16" wheels.
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The unique free-backing design, patented by DICO, lets your trailer move in reverse without actuating the brakes. When you begin backing up, the brake shoes are firm against the drum, as in a braking situation. As you continue in reverse, however, the shoes turn with the drum until the lining pressure is released and you are able to back up freely.
These brakes are designed to eliminate friction between the shoes and drum when you are driving in reverse. A trailer breakaway kit will not be effective should your trailer disconnect from your tow vehicle when backing up.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (21 Customer Reviews)
Drum brake assembly provides superior protection from corrosion and lets you reverse without actuating. Designed for use with hydraulic brake actuators that do not include reverse lockouts. Fits most 14-1/2", 15" and 16" wheels.Ordered both left and right assemblies. These look great and bolted right up. Adjusted easily. Only trouble with these is my brake line fitting would not thread into the wheel cylinder. I had to re-tap the holes on both sides. I first thought it was just some oversight on the first assembly, but when I had to do it on both of them, then that made me start to wonder. If you order these, don't be suprised if you also need a 1/8-27 NPT to run in the wheel cylinder ports. I'm sure I will like these much better than the original rusted steel assemblies that these replaced. Time will tell.
I finished installing brake assemblies on all 6 wheels of my triple axle trailer today. Installation went fine. The only hitch was that the connection for the fresh water flushing system didn't work on the left side of the trailer. I had to drill new holes for the fitting because there was interference from the trailer frame with the predrilled holes.
I believe my previous brake assembly was standard steel, and it corroded quite badly after 5 years of use in saltwater, even with religious flushing. I am very hopeful that the galphorite coating will result in a longer lasting brake system, but of course I won't know that until a few years of use have passed.
I am extremely happy with the service from e-trailer, including answering my initial questions, the price of their product, and the quick shipping and communications regarding the order.
The brakes fit perfectly and have performed flawlessly. The replacement was just routine maintenance to replace worn brakes. They shipped fast, well packed and ready to bolt on.
Buying them fully assembled was far easier than trying to replace the shoes themselves. Besides, if you exposed your trailer to any kind of salt water - you'll definitely want to change ALL parts. The cost is negligible and well worth knowing they will perform when yo need them to. Why chance replacing just a few parts? Yea, you might save some money, but not much.
Fantastic service and parts! I doubt I'll shop elsewhere!
Thank you!
I replaced the right and left brake assemblies and repacked the wheel bearings on my 1979 EZ Loader trailer on a Saturday afternoon. The entire job was very easy to do. I did have to do some minor re-tapping of the original hydraulic fittings primarily to get it to thread into the assembly fitting with ease, but even that was a snap (my neighbor just happened to have a tap and die set). I pull about 4000 lb of Searay and trailer combined (I weighed them on a public scale), and it was past time to replace the assemblies and actuator which had major corrosion after all those years of good service. If nothing else, I have peace of mind that all is well behind me.
Bolt on in place of the old ones in less time than it takes to try to clean up and repair the rusty old ones. Great price too. The Galphotire coating looks like it will outlast the trailer. Definitely made my job easier. I used these to repair the brakes on an M-1102 military trailer. These don't have the parking brake option like the original brakes, but then I never used the Parking brake. E-trailer also has the assemblies with the parking brake.
This product is better than buying just wheel cylinders and brake shoes. The price made me skeptical of the quality, but these appear to be the real deal. They come fully assembled down to the contact points being already lubed. The shipping was unbelievably fast and everything was packed carefully and suitably to protect the products from damage in shipping. It is very evident that the employees at etrailer.com care about their products and customers.
These brake packages are fantastic, easy installation and adjustment couldn't be any better!!!
The bleeding demo is quite helpful as well.
Thanks etrailer I'll be shopping with you again!
Excellent quality backing plates. Installed with no problem. Work fine.
I have been very pleased with all the products that i have ordered from etrailer. The delievery has been faster then i had anticipated. I highly recommend anyone that is looking for trailer products, to look around on your web site first.
Good quality parts for our boat trailer!
And they were reasonably priced and arrived reasonably quickly.
I would definitely do business with these folks again!
worked great one complete unit fixed all. makes repairs easy.
quick service, ordered parts and 4 days had parts delivered.
Everything checked out pretty well. It all fit as it should and seems to be as same quality as what was removed. looking forward to using etrailer again for parts.
Thank you,
Jeysson
Instant shipping and these appear to be a quality product. e-trailers cares
Excellent products and customer service bar none. Anna was extremely helpful and very communicative. Thank you for the wonderful experience.
All parts ordered were of excellent quality, Thanks!
Great products, service, and shipping!
AA++! Nice Product!
great value
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