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Old Jan-06-2006, 12:26 AM   #6 (permalink)
historic
2459 Trophy "Driftwood"
 
Name: Jack
Age: 53
Vessel: 2459 Trophy "Driftwood"
Location: 3 Rivers
Job:Facility Manager
Re: Trailer Questions-Converting Drum to Disc

Go for it, it's not hard to do if you have some basic mechanical skills. I changed mine out a couple of years ago and went with the tie down stainless disks. They are not very good in my opinion. The wore out really fast and ran really hot.

I replaced them with Kodiak's last spring and they are much better brakes. I would pay the few extra bucks and go with Kodiak's for sure. The Kodiak's also have a gear oil hub instead of a grease-able hub, might be why they run cooler? Tie down does make a ventilated disk now which is probably way better than the unventilated disks I used first. Also, I would never go back to drum brakes on a boat trailer.

One tool I found helpful since I was working alone was a vacuum pump for bleeding the brakes without having to operate the actuator.

I reused my master cylinder but replaced all of the lines with stainless steel units. I read recently about a flexible hose kit for boat trailers that sounds like a good system. I don't remember who made it but it was around 100 bucks for a single axel trailer. That's about what I paid for ss lines.

Go for it, you won't be sorry
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