Need Wheel Bearing Advice
I need a little advice....I have a Jayco TT 23' (27' overall) that weighs about 5300# loaded. I bought it new in Jan of '16 and have put about 19,500 miles on it. There are grease fittings on the hu...
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Dusty R wrote:New disks
What does it take to switch to disk brakes?
I tow a flat bed trailer. The brakes had stopped working on that, when I tore into them I found that they had rusted badly from driving on salted hi ways. I replaced them with new assemblies. Not very happy with the type of brakes that they are.
Dusty
New calipers
Mounting brackets
Brake fluid lines
Brake fluid pump
Mostly just bolt on parts. I needed a brake line flair tool to get the lines just right. Some just add a loop or two for any excess. You can get anti rust coatings such as Dacroment or full on stainless rotors and calipers if rust will be an issue.
etrailer.com has an excellent assortment of parts made to do a bolt-on conversion. I put my own kit together from several suppliers.
Or you can just buy a complete kit or full installation from https://performancetrailerbraking.com/
The braking is improved significantly.
