Thread: trailer breaks/kits

These are the guys I use:https://www.trailertek.com/trailer-p...SAAEgKvs_D_BwE

I have been running braked trailers for about 15 years.One 3.5 tonn machine trailer and a 3.5 tonn tipping trailer. For the most part the braked trailers are pretty good,the self adjusters are a bit unreliable so you have to manually tweak them up now and again.

Both systems run a rod from the hydraulic damper in the drawbar to a spreader bar that has four brake cables attached to it. The Cables eventually get rusty on the inside and need replacing as they can cause the brakes to hang up.A set of brake shoes lasts about two years and they are in use nearly each day. Dont leave the trailer sitting with the handbrake applied as the shoes can rust to the drum and definatly leave the brake off in the winter.

Originally Posted by norsk

These are the guys I use:https://www.trailertek.com/trailer-p...SAAEgKvs_D_BwE

I have been running braked trailers for about 15 years.One 3.5 tonn machine trailer and a 3.5 tonn tipping trailer. For the most part the braked trailers are pretty good,the self adjusters are a bit unreliable so you have to manually tweak them up now and again.

Both systems run a rod from the hydraulic damper in the drawbar to a spreader bar that has four brake cables attached to it. The Cables eventually get rusty on the inside and need replacing as they can cause the brakes to hang up.A set of brake shoes lasts about two years and they are in use nearly each day. Dont leave the trailer sitting with the handbrake applied as the shoes can rust to the drum and definatly leave the brake off in the winter.

Are you lubing the inside of your cables? Sounds a little weird but pumping them full of spray oil or a light synthetic spray grease helps keep the water and crap out as well as lubing the inner cable.

https://www.moto1.nz/products/oxox77...8c1a918a&_ss=r
https://www.moto1.nz/products/tmcltb...8c1a918a&_ss=r

Those are the lube devices, clamps around the end of the housing and seals onto the inner cable and stick a plastic tube off a spray can into the little rubber grommet. One thing I found, is safety glasses are a must as for whatever reason the backblast if you don't get the plastic straw sealed right always goes straight for your eyes...