Finished the disc brake conversion
I have finally changed my electric brakes to hydraulic discs and thought I'd just report in that I am extremely happy with the results. We put on the 13" Kodiaks and the Titan pump. I got it all from ...
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howardwheeler wrote:
Yes. I still have never lubes, but Kodiak calls them EXlubes. I ordered one extra rotor with the bearing pressed in that I will carry with me. I can swap the rotor on the side of the road if I have a bearing failure, but you can't swap out a bearing in an emergency. All parts including the extra hub and all connecting tubing and Titan pump was just under $1700 including shipping from stopyourtrailer.
The discs are night and day from the drums, aren't they?
So your bearings are pressed right into the rotors? I have the factory Dexter disc set up on my trailer and when I had new tires put on my trailer it appeared that the rotors are separate from the hubs. I haven't looked into this in great detail yet, so I can't say for sure. I want to get a spare bearing/hub assembly as well to be able to get out of trouble on the side of the road in the event of a failure.
