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Chuck_thehammer
Jun 29, 2016Explorer
trailer brakes are to stop the trailer weight
tow vehicle brakes are to stop the tow vehicle and the momentum of both.
you want the trailer brakes to help keep the tow vehicle straight under hard stopping.
best place to start on better braking... it tow vehicle Tires... second it trailer brakes to Disc.... third is hydraulic control of trailer brakes..
do a test.. if you can LOCK tow vehicle brakes and NOT the trailer brakes at the same time.. you have to much tow vehicle brakes OR To Little trailer brakes.
my opinion.. you want the trailer to TRACK behind the Tow vehicle under braking.
and vented brake rotors are great... for heat removal. not holes.
remember as the brake pads get HOT, they GAS... and MUST be removed from the face of the rotors... End of Story. and my opinion only .. so START reading books on the subject...
tow vehicle brakes are to stop the tow vehicle and the momentum of both.
you want the trailer brakes to help keep the tow vehicle straight under hard stopping.
best place to start on better braking... it tow vehicle Tires... second it trailer brakes to Disc.... third is hydraulic control of trailer brakes..
do a test.. if you can LOCK tow vehicle brakes and NOT the trailer brakes at the same time.. you have to much tow vehicle brakes OR To Little trailer brakes.
my opinion.. you want the trailer to TRACK behind the Tow vehicle under braking.
and vented brake rotors are great... for heat removal. not holes.
remember as the brake pads get HOT, they GAS... and MUST be removed from the face of the rotors... End of Story. and my opinion only .. so START reading books on the subject...
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