Brakes

[MVH1]

Is there a general rule of thumb on how long your electric brakes will last? While regreasing my bearings I inspected my brakes and the shoes, magnets, and drums all look good. A trailer guy told me it's about time to replace. My trailer is 5 years old and has about 12,000 miles on it. Thanks

[wrenchbender]

I do a repack every 3rd year, have about 50k on the shoes and there is about 70% wear still left.But I do a lot of freeway running in Gods country.

[69_Avion]

moresmoke wrote:
From past experience after about 15 years the linings come unglued from the shoes. Other than that change em when the lining is worn down. I usually replace the whole backing plate. Get new every thing and start over.

They aren't very expensive which makes that a good way to go.

[moresmoke]

From past experience after about 15 years the linings come unglued from the shoes. Other than that change em when the lining is worn down. I usually replace the whole backing plate. Get new every thing and start over.

[MVH1]

Thanks for the input. I Asked my local Travel Camp RV Sales and Service Store to do a break inspection for me and there report was they need to be replaced. Long story short is they just needed to be adjusted. I am upset that this was not mentioned as part of the brake inspection. I spent the whole day getting educated on electric drum brakes through a little elbow grease.

[midnightsadie]

IF I had them open doing the bearings and they were just under half ,I,d do them. shoes or pads are not a big buck item.

[Old-Biscuit]

No need to replace brake shoes until worn out------rivets showing, material cracked/flaking or 1/16" thick if bonded.

DO you replace car/truck shoes/pads based ion mileage.......NO

When trailer brake shoes are worn down......then you replace them. In the mean time you manually adjust brake shoes to compensate for wear