John H wrote:
If there is an apology needed to offer the Op Shadow Catcher, then it is extended,
I can truthfully say,,,This his posted thread fell right in with what my son and I are looking into right at this moment ~~~~~~ along with the above advice on having to change what I was told was a brand new axil on this camper, and can confirm 2 brand new wheels and hubs ~~~~the post fell right in !!!!
So maybe to stretch my intrudance a bit further,,,
I Thank you Lynnmor,
Although non of your doing, it has made our deli ma a lot more complicated. but then I have found this is so when some good additional info come along in any scene, additional choices then also have to be made. And this in this case,it is good for us to know. Now, what to do, what to do ????
oh by the way if it matters,,,Drexel and Dexter are two different manufactures
It kind of amazes me on how many names of manufacture, of these complete new or re-do electronic brake kits are out there. A couple of American made ones, which I was leaning forward on, but now if these 7" ones, are for some reasoning are made to be junk, I wonder why ? What can't they do, or do to, to the 7" sizes that does not translate to the 10" size ?
Umm.. I would take Lynnmor's "experience" or "opinion" with a grain of salt..
A quick search using 7" trailer brake problems" revealed NO, Zero, ZILCH NOTHING..
If Lynnmor was really speaking the full truth I would have expected at least ONE "hit" in the search..
You can check my search results
HERE if you like.
There are possible hundreds of thousands of trailers running around on the roads with 2,000-2,500 lb axles which would have 7" brakes and ONLY ONE person seems to have an axe to grind about them..
That should be throwing a lot of red flags into the air..
7" brakes ARE DOT compliant for the LOAD they are designed for, if they were so substandard as Lynnmor suggests then I would expect tens of thousands of complaints and a DOT/NTSB investigation/recall or cease and desist order to all axle manufacturers. But I do not see such evidence.
Are 7" brakes going to be as strong as say 10" 0r what the heck 12" brakes.. Absolutely not but they are designed for a specific weight and will perform well enough to handle the design weight.
If I were you, I would recommend that you contact Dexter directly and talk to them, ask for technical assistance.. I have and I can't say enough good things about how they answered my questions on 30 yr old axles from a company they bought out made..
Secondly if you don't trust the source who makes the axles and brakes then try calling a few of the retail suppliers like ETRAILER.COM for assistance and ask them if they have had a lot of complaints about 7" brakes being junk..