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These electric drum brakes are made specifically to fit Dexter axles manufactured before May 2009 that have a 2.83" x 2.83" brake mounting flange. Works with 14" to 15" wheels. Made in the USA.
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Quick Tip: There's really not a whole lot to getting new drum brakes. If you've confirmed that all of the specs listed above line up with what you need for your trailer, you can be pretty sure these will work for you.
The more miles you put on your trailer, the more your brake pads will wear down. As they lose contact with the drum, stopping distances get longer and longer. To keep your brakes working great, it's important to adjust them pretty routinely. For this job, grab a floor jack and either a brake adjustment tool (sold separately) or just a standard flathead screwdriver.
Jack up your trailer enough to get the wheel(s) off the ground. Remove the adjuster plugs from the backing plate on the brake, and insert the flat end of the tool through the back of the assembly.
Push in on the star gear and lift it up. Keep doing this until the brake pads catch on your drum. When you can't spin your wheel by hand anymore, back the gear off by about 10 clicks by pushing down on the star gear. Does the wheel now spin freely (even if it sounds like the brake pads drag slightly on the drum)? Great! Then you're all done with that one and ready to adjust the rest.
After you get these brakes installed and adjusted, you'll need to break them in. First, find a long stretch of road or a big, empty parking lot. Once you're there, set your brake controller to its maximum setting and get moving. Speed up to about 40 mph and brake to slow to about 20 mph. Repeat this 15-30 times. The goal is to get the brake shoes and magnet properly seated into your drum. You'll know you've done that when it feels less jerky (and more consistent) each time you apply the brakes.
Note: The brakes will be very hot after doing this, so after every 10 stops you'll want to wait about 10 minutes to let the brakes cool off before continuing. If you don't, you might cook and crack the pad material.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (9 Customer Reviews)
These electric drum brakes are made specifically to fit Dexter axles manufactured before May 2009 that have a 2.83" x 2.83" brake mounting flange. Works with 14" to 15" wheels. Made in the USA.They worked but not great. I'm hoping that they'll break in at some point. Would be nice to get more dimensions (on all the trailer brakes at eTrailer). But, they instaled ok and etrailer's customer service is top notch.
purchased 2 set of these 10" electric brake kits for my 4.4k axles, very hard to find but talked with etrailer said they could help me out and had them in 3 days. AWESOME.However upon mounting them and installing the drum, realized the new mounting plate was 1/4' to 3/8" thicker than the old one not allowing the drum to go on far enough before hitting brake pad bracket. Had to remove new pads,springs,magnet and adjuster and mount to old bracket for it to work. was not as cut and dried as i thought it would be, hopefully i can get a little refund for the new mounting plate that i could not use.
Have had these brakes on the trailer for one year, and we have put approximately 4500 miles on them. They have performed flawlessly.
Fantastic customer service!
Very helpful over the phone, under promised and
over delivered. Just great to work with :)
I was extremely surprised with the positive response with their customer service, error on my part ordering the wrong part. Extremely quick delivery exchange (2days) living on the Canadian West Coast.
The brakes are doing their job great, easy installation using etrailer tutorial videos. Great company will use again.
Simple way to replace your brakes on trailer. Everything is new, springs, brake pads, etc. Highly recommended.
Equipment is great. Install was extremely easy. Customer service was great
All the parts have arrived earlier than predicted. Thanks for the help finding the correct parts I needed.
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Brett
6/8/2021
Absolutely no problems with these after another year with 2000 more miles on them.