Trailer Brake Stopping Distance
We recently took delivery on a new Arctic Fox trailer. The trailer brakes apparently were not adjusted at the factory - no brakes at all when using the manual brake controller, even when set on max. ...
Forum Discussion
First most of the cars today have disk brakes not drum.
But back in the day of drum brakes I am almost sure the brake shoes were ground to the same arc as the drums at the factory.
I remember when I was a teenager back in the sixties the Olds dealer ship my dad worked at had a brake service operation. When new brakes were installed they would turn the drums and then grind the shoes for a perfect fit.
I doubt that is done on trailers.
When you buy shoes for the trailer the arc most likely is no where near the drum arc. Thus the need to break them in.
I recently had some non concentric drums turned. As a result the shoe arc did not match the drum arc. It took about 500 miles of towing and then the brakes were back to 100%. Correcting concentric problem fixed a pulsing sensation I had at low speed braking.
Fixed that problem during a wheel bearing repack.
But back in the day of drum brakes I am almost sure the brake shoes were ground to the same arc as the drums at the factory.
I remember when I was a teenager back in the sixties the Olds dealer ship my dad worked at had a brake service operation. When new brakes were installed they would turn the drums and then grind the shoes for a perfect fit.
I doubt that is done on trailers.
When you buy shoes for the trailer the arc most likely is no where near the drum arc. Thus the need to break them in.
I recently had some non concentric drums turned. As a result the shoe arc did not match the drum arc. It took about 500 miles of towing and then the brakes were back to 100%. Correcting concentric problem fixed a pulsing sensation I had at low speed braking.
Fixed that problem during a wheel bearing repack.
