How long should drums & brakes shoes last?
Just started a bearing repack on our TT. First drum I pulled off is badly scored. The shoes have what I think is decent thickness left (about 1/8") but parts of them are badly scored. The TT has ...
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Yeah, no real way to determine that.. Way too many variables involved, but in my case, I have a 16 year old trailer and on the original drums, but have replaced the entire backing plates about 8 years ago..
Only did that because the the magnets looked more worn than the pads.
Simple swap with basic tools and jacks and a weekend.. Only took about 4 hours to do the entire job, and that was being very lazy with the job..
It's been another 8 years since then, but all the pads and the magnets still look good to me.. I do pull them off every other year and put about 5000 miles a year on them.. Not much, I know, but that's just been my experience..
Good luck!
Mitch
Only did that because the the magnets looked more worn than the pads.
Simple swap with basic tools and jacks and a weekend.. Only took about 4 hours to do the entire job, and that was being very lazy with the job..
It's been another 8 years since then, but all the pads and the magnets still look good to me.. I do pull them off every other year and put about 5000 miles a year on them.. Not much, I know, but that's just been my experience..
Good luck!
Mitch
