Depends on the weight of the boat and trailer as to if you need brakes on
both axles. Single axle brakes are designed for 3500 lbs if I remember
right. Very few boats that are not larger cabin cruisers will come w/ 4
wheel brakes.
--
Tony
my boats at
http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:18:31 -0700, "Jones Family"
wrote:
Does anyone know if the Trailer conversion systems for Drum to Disk
brakes
on the Internet are any good?
The Drum breaks on the trailer for my 20' Runabout have corroded after a
few
years. I dip it in the Ocean a few times a year and the works have all
rusted out over time. It's hard to rinse the salt out of the insides.
I'd like to convert this to a disk break system. The place where I bought
my
trailes says they can do it for $1000. The systems on the internet such
as
the "Tie Down" system run about $300 for 2 wheels plus the actuator. It
looks like a simple conversion so I don't know what I'm missing.
Is this a hard thing?
Are these systems on the Internet such as the" Tie Down" really junk as
my
trailer guy says so?
Is the $1000 due to "hassle factor"?
Any help would be really appreciated. I don't know anyone I can ask for
advice on this that dosen't want to charge me a bunch of money.
Thanks,
Dave
I just replaced my corroded, self destructing brakes with Tie-Down
Engineering's Discs. I had "better" brakes on the trailer when it was
new, but they were cast iron and after about 4 years of use just
(literally) fell apart...
The original brakes had ventilated rotors, which I suppose are better
than the Tie-Down rotors with respect to heat dissipation... I don't
trailer far enough to care.
The Tie-Down backing plates are MUCH superior to those that I
replaced. They are better material and are thicker. The pins that
were in the original brakes were screwed into a too-thin backing plate
and, with appropriate corrosion, just wallowed back and forth,
allowing the pads to wear unevenly. I had no more than 350 miles on
these brakes before they became useless.
Tie -Down brakes can be bought for about $120 from Northern Tool and
are about $96 from Champion Trailers... this guy must be quoting you
about $750 labor. The only aggravating part of the job is that you
will likely have to cut the bolts off of the old brakes and bleeding
the new discs can be aggravating. It didn't take me over 4 hours to
remove two old disc brakes and install four new disk brakes.... if you
have two axles.... get four brakes....
You *can* buy the *better* brakes in all stainless! They are only
about $660 per wheel, plus shipping. If you are made of money, look
he
http://www.kodiaktrailer.com/redswish/
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