New Disc Brakes

Courtesy of Ron and Dennis at Performance Trailer Braking.

Sweet! Enjoy.......

I love the fresh look of newly installed disc brakes.. .. have you pulled with them yet ? any reports on how happy you are ?

Joe

I'm in my winter quarters in Florida so I will not be going anywhere for a few months. But we did hook it up and drive around, mostly to make sure everything worked correctly (apparently Fords can be a little tricky because of the way their trailer braking software is programmed).

BUT - I did a few easy stops and then a few more harder stops and the braking got better with each stop - was much better by the last one. I was using the manual control to stop and even just going 25 mph it would stop RIGHT NOW. I can tell that it's already way better then the drums.

The installer told me it's possible to lock them up on dry pavement and I may want to back off the gain in the rain.

Can't wait to find a mountain road to go down.

Photos I have seen of Disc Brake Conversions have the calipers Mounted the same way front and rear. Per Titan Instructions Mount the caliper brackets to spindle side (outside) of the brake flange. The orientation of the bracket should be in the 10:00 or 2:00 position. The calipers can be positioned either way, but the orientation should be the same for all—either on the front side, or rear side of the axle spindle. Maybe something to check on.

When I did conversions I always mounted the calipers on the back side, that way as the brake was applied it tended to lift the trailer reducing the stress on bearings and spindle in forward travel. Putting them on the front side pulls down on the bearings and spindles and if loaded to near rating can overload the components. Don't ask how I know. I hate doing warranty work for a customer when it comes out of MY pocket.

elcheapo wrote:
The calipers can be positioned either way, but the orientation should be the same for all—either on the front side, or rear side of the axle spindle. Maybe something to check on.

It doesn't say for all, it says "All calipers should be on same side of axle"

It's for the axle, it should be the same on that particular axle. That quote is from the manual and the way I interpret it.

Enjoy the new brakes. I wish I had gone for the sporty RED calipers when I put mine on!

Nice install.

I've swapped 4 trailers over to disc. No.5 is coming up.

From both a maintenance and performance stand point you'll be happy with your choice.

Every so often tap the calipers back and forth so it keeps moving side to side. This helps the pads wear evenly.

I also had disc brakes installed when we purchased our 5th wheel last year. We used the Titan system from Bill at stopyourtrailer.com.

The one modification that we did was to go with an oil bath lube system similar to those on commercial trucks and boat trailers.

We used the Kodiak lube system.