Well , I took my first long trip with my new Kodiak Disc brakes this weekend and they worked good.... MAYBE a little too good! I have 2 separate settings in my truck now for the trailer brakes and the pressure to be applied..
I had no idea and have always just kept my gain at 8-9.... well , apparently that is WAY too aggressive and about 130 miles into my trip ,I had smoke bellowing from the axles..my fear was either tire or bearing ,had no idea the brakes could be causing that!! ... Well I had them installed a week ago today , and now only have about 1/4 pad left 😞
The good news is that I figured it out ( with help) and was able to allow them to cool down and carry on... my trip home was un eventful , and now I have ordered replacement pads so I can replace them next weekend... LIVE AND LEARN .!
I had no idea and have always just kept my gain at 8-9.... well , apparently that is WAY too aggressive and about 130 miles into my trip ,I had smoke bellowing from the axles..my fear was either tire or bearing ,had no idea the brakes could be causing that!! ... Well I had them installed a week ago today , and now only have about 1/4 pad left 😞
The good news is that I figured it out ( with help) and was able to allow them to cool down and carry on... my trip home was un eventful , and now I have ordered replacement pads so I can replace them next weekend... LIVE AND LEARN .!
I have one - The pads were burnt ( black ) , but they were just about the same thickness of the new pads that I put on , virtually no pad was missing ??.
Well I changed my rotors and bearings today.....now I am thinking that maybe it was not operator error... 2 of my calipers were in pieces... I have changed all the pads...all the bearings...all the rotors... Took it for a ride...
Cannot get them to lock up... Or been feel like they are working... BUT they are smoking after 1/2 mile ...
On edit.... They only had about 200 miles total in the entire system.....
Cannot get them to lock up... Or been feel like they are working... BUT they are smoking after 1/2 mile ...
On edit.... They only had about 200 miles total in the entire system.....
yea...........That's it !! Actually , If I had a gauge to compare it to , I would have known right away...
smkettner wrote:
You should have felt the trailer pulling you during a stop... No?
Perfectly balanced the truck should stop about the same towing or not.
I will say that it was the first time towing with my new truck and I had nothing to compare it to.... now , on the way home , it was a completely different story!!!
taken wrote:
Did you change the setting in your truck from electric brakes to electric over hydraulic? It's in the settings if you go into the MFD. Disc conversions are electric over hydraulic and if you run them as electric, you will have the trouble you describe.
I did ,,, BUT I had the power setting set to MAX.. and the integrated brake controller set to 9... had no idea.. its like I was brain dead or something :h
I plan on removing the rotors and doing a thorough inspection to each... I did put a call into Dexter and spoke to an engineer who told me that 500 degrees is normal operating temps for some rotors and that the bearings are more than capable of withstanding those temps....
With that said , I have ordered 4 spare (that I can return)50 MM never-lube bearings to have on hand at the time of inspection..
With that said , I have ordered 4 spare (that I can return)50 MM never-lube bearings to have on hand at the time of inspection..
