Changing to disc brakes
Am considering having my current brakes (drum) swapped out for a disc brake system. Present systems is not very effective and I have had the brakes adjusted and checked numerous times with no improvem...
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Me Again wrote:Slownsy wrote:
Not defensive Chris I do have disks on my fiver from new and newer noticed any delay, you described hove disks are activated and I merely asked if there wasn't the same chain off events with drums, which is old fashioned and outdated, have you ever bean at the bottom of mounted and smelled all the burnt brakes, that is why they developed disk brakes.
I have an exhaust brake on our Dodge/Cummins and would not tow without one. I seldom touch the service brakes descending a mountain pass, so I have nice cool service brakes when required. Using service brakes of any kind descending mountain pass leads to over heater brakes. I drove a 8500 gas tanker years ago without jakebrake on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, never again! I often smelled over heated brakes!
There is now only one top tier aftermarket brake controller in the MaxBrake. Earlier there was the BrakeSmart and Jordon. All three are head and shoulders over controllers like the Prodigy!
Someone early posted 1 second delay for disc brake pump. At 60 MPH that is 88 feet, which is quite a bit of distance.
Chris
We had a Jordon (It died :( ) and I really thought it was the BEST, the MaxBrake is the BEST out there now. I think, to the OP, I would try a MaxBrake controller, it made a BIG difference on our heavy Hitchhiker.
