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chilly81
Explorer
Apr 12, 2017

Electric trailer brakes uneven drag around rotation

I'm replacing the brakes with brand new dexter assemblies, hubs, bearings right now. I put the new ones on and I'm getting uneven drag on a couple of them. Like I can spin it and it will rotat thr...
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ScottG
Nomad
Apr 12, 2017
Normal because the drums simply aren't round. For some reason they just can't seem to machine them round. Even new ones are that way.
So while it's not desirable, you would have to get them turned (if there's enough metal on them) to keep them from being out of round.
Mine have got around 50K on them and they have always done it.

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