New brake shoes or full assembly?
I've been on the road for 8 years, about 25K miles. The previous owner took one 1000 mile trip. I think these are the original brakes. This is the only one of the four that was like this. The piece...
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j-d wrote:
Do you know if this fiver requires the 7200's, or was maybe the supplier out of 7000's and substituted what they had?
Maybe you could swap back to the common 7000's, but the trailer's GVWR and the design of the axle spindles would have to allow it.
Alternatively, you could go a long ways on a set of shoes.
I'm concerned that one set of shoes fell apart when the rest didn't. Any signs that brake dragged and got overheated?
Recommended to do the same thing to both sides because the friction characteristics can be different if only one set of shoes/pads is replaced or one drum/rotor is re-surfaced.
I just replaced my shocks and re-greased all the bearings. Been at this for 3-4 weekends now. I'm not up for re-doing everything. The rig weight 15000 lbs. The axles are 7000's. Don't know why they went with the 7200s but I'm not up for changing everything out right now and would rather go with the beefier break anyway. I'll be getting new tires in a few weeks so I'll see how they feel when I go out to do that. For now I think I'd just like to replace the shoes. I like learning new things.
