Perfect 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 (14125A) bearings and 1/2" 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 boat or camper 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.
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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. 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 here is going to allow you to upgrade a single 7,000 pound capacity axle with the number 42 spindles. The rotors do have a 13 inch diameter and you can see we've got the eight on six and a half inch bolt pattern with these half inch diameter wheel bolts. So these are gonna work for your wheels that are 16 inches and larger.
Our hub and rotor, as well as our calipers and our caliper mounting brackets all have an e-coat finish that's gonna help resist rust and corrosion with a 250 to 350 hour salt spray rating. So these are gonna provide adequate rust protection for your campers, car haulers or utility type trailers if you're not gonna be in the water with like a boat trailer or something like that. If you are gonna be in saltwater or on heavily salted roads, I would recommend going more with a decrement finish or a stainless steel construction. Those are gonna be a little bit higher quality and they'll last better in those sort of environments. But if your trailer's not gonna be having a lot of contact with salt and corrosive materials these are gonna do really well for you.
Hold up well for a long time to come. Upgrading your trailer from drum brakes to disc brakes is going to help dramatically shorten your stopping distance. We've got these ceramic brake pads here that are going to increase your stopping power. There is also a large two and a half inch diameter stainless steel piston that provides fast responsive braking. So it is gonna provide a smoother, more controlled braking experience for you.
So you're not gonna have that pushing and pulling that you're probably used to with your drum brakes. So it is going to provide a much better performance and in addition to better performance, it's also going to require less maintenance. So it's gonna help save you time and money. Having the one piece hub and rotor assembly is going to reduce the chance of uneven rotor wear. We've got the vented design here on the side that's going to help dissipate heat faster to prevent premature brake pad wear.
Your brake pads will need to be replaced eventually, they will wear down over time but that's a pretty straightforward process to switch those out and you don't have nearly as many components like springs and that sort of thing that you do with your drum brakes. So much fewer components to have to worry about replacing. These are a high quality automotive grade construction so they are gonna be very long lasting for you. So again, less maintenance, saving you time and money overall. The one caveat to disc brakes is that they 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 and that's gonna be pretty rare for your trailers that are set up for drum brakes. So might take some doing to get everything switched out. If you don't already have your hydraulic brake actuator and brake lines that are rated for that 1500 PSI or higher, we do have them available here at etrailer.com. Obviously it's not included in this set, so this could, the set isn't going to give you everything that you need but it is going to give you these two e-coded cast iron hub and rotor assemblies with the eight pre-installed half inch wheel bolts on each. You're also going to get 16 of these half inch zinc plated steel lug nuts to hold your wheel in place. You'll get the two e-coded cast iron calibers as well as the two e-coded ductile iron caliber mounting brackets. You can see these mounting brackets do have the five bolt brake flange configuration. So it is gonna be very easy to get these mounted on your axles that have those five bolts. I do wanna point out, I've got this mounted on top just for display, for balance, but when you go to install them, they'll actually be mounted on the side and that side support design puts all the weight on the mounting bracket instead of on the bolts. So it's gonna help your bolts last longer. You are gonna get four of these stainless steel caliber mounting bolts. We've got our inner and our outer races that are pre-installed. We've got our inner and outer bearings that will fit into those races. Make sure everything's rotating smoothly. This system is lubricated with grease so you're going to have your two grease seals for the inside and your two easy lube grease caps for the outside. These do have the rubber plug that can be removed so that you can more easily access your easy lube spindles. Hook your grease gun up there, pump some grease in, make sure everything is staying lubricated inside there. So if you are looking for a major upgrade for your trailer from your drum brakes to disc brakes this is gonna be a great set for you. Definitely give you much better performance than you used to. And that completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching.
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