One brake over adjusted
On a new rig with less than 1500 miles, one self adjusting brake started to smoke. All others were fine. Factory says brakes were all adjusted during manufacture. Dexter says brakes can become unde...
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midnightsadie wrote:
put disc brakes on . he is right on the money ,out of round. p.s don,t beleave everything the shop tells you.
Changing to disc brakes is a pretty extreme drastic uneeded and expensive change which also has some very expensive pitfalls. Disc brakes adds additional maintenance with needing to check brake fluid level and periodic replacement of said fluid. Unless you run DOT5 (silicone) brake fluid (which has it's own problems), it will go bad over time from drawing moisture from the air while the trailer sits still.. Adds in a very expensive EOH pump to the trailer which is a failure point and some brake controllers will rebel with EOH pumps.
Failure to understand drum brakes setup and operation is why folks gravitate to the more expensive disc option.
Drum brakes can be as effective as disc brakes as long as you understand how to setup, adjust and maintain them..
Heck, my 10K GVWR flatbed trailer or my 7K GVWR TT can easily stop my truck if I setup the controller to do so even when fully loaded..
