Replacing my own Brakes... how difficult?
I think it's time to replace the brakes. When we do our pull test the brakes engage but there appears to be a delay before they fully engage. Figured it would be a good time to have the bearing repack...
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agesilaus wrote:
I stopped doing brake jobs on our electric brake systems on our 5ver. I just buy a whole new assembly for $50-60 each. Then it's 5 small nuts to take off, slide out the old brake and slide on the new. Replace the nuts. You'll have to splice two wires on each brake. Use some weatherproof wiring nuts for that:
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Find a local dealer and just take one of the old brake assemblies down to them to get the right part if you aren't certain what you need.
As for the bearings, once you have the wheel off it's a ten minute job (not counting the brakes) There are a lot of videos on YouTube showing you exactly what to to. Costs: one tub of high pressure axle grease--about $5.
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Total $300 or less and an afternoon of time.
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