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sweetcraft
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Initially Posted - 05/19/2007 :  22:46:32  Show Profile

New master cylinder ready to install.

First disc brake installed.

Second set ready to install.
Followed the directions to the letter and went together. Have removed the fresh water rinse for anyone that wants it. Disc brakes can be washed from outside. The new disc brakes are for an EZ Loader trailer with the 3500lb axles. Kodiac disc brakes with vented e coat for best corrosion protection. Stainless rotors were not recommended as the trailer is not used much in salt water and for long trips the vented are better. I suspect on long down grades heat could cause warping and stainless rotors could not be turned by most brake shops. After much thought I drilled and pinned the couplier for backing. The brake company is very strong about not pinning. The system by Dico moves the master cylinder during extreme loading during braking and backing and with the electrical switching valve for backing the master cylinder still gets the load. I have used another trailer with surge brakes for years with a pin and hope that the first easy stop with the pin gives an indication that someone forgot to remove it.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 05/20/2007 :  10:42:17  Show Profile
Lovely trailer. I think you are going to be very happy with those disc brakes. Should be a true 'no worries' setup.
I PM'd you about the flushing kit. I wish I would have spent the few extra bucks for disk brakes when I did my brake refurb and added second axle brakes. I think single axle disks would have worked fine. Lots of extra heat dissipation.
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 05/21/2007 :  23:15:33  Show Profile
ditto on the 'I wish I'd gone with discs'
I replaced my rusted out brake drums for $500 two years ago. Now I'm about to embark on a project with discs on both axles.
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atgep
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Response Posted - 05/22/2007 :  08:15:21  Show Profile
I have the single axle Kodiak vented disks. They worked awesome in the mountains when towing my rig out west from Florida. They did however get pretty hot on a few of the long downslopes. No problems from it though. Once you have the first axle with disks, it is simple to add the 2nd.

Tom.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/22/2007 :  14:09:13  Show Profile
Who did you get the parts/kit from? My drum brakes are completely shot so this would be a good time to replace them with disks. Looks like a job that someone handy could do, correct? Also, did you consider going with electric instead of surge?
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atgep
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Response Posted - 05/22/2007 :  23:44:03  Show Profile
My disk brakes came stock on my trailer. 5000 trouble free miles so far.
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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 05/23/2007 :  00:06:08  Show Profile
Looked at Champion from the Forum input but went with Eastern Marine.
http://shop.easternmarine.com/
Had questions and always had someone there on the phone that could find the answers. I will have this cruise to try the long grades but I always back off until I see how the systems is working. Hope to soon give the Forum a report of the first run.
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atgep
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Response Posted - 05/23/2007 :  08:17:56  Show Profile
When I did the trek last spring on 1-90, I found that once I tapped the brakes on a long downgrade, the coupler would keep the brakes applied due to the sping compression. It made the rig feel very secure even on steep downgrades.

Tom.
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