RV Trailer Brakes are inclined to get uncared for till there’s a catastrophic failure that might have been prevented.
Identical to the brakes in your truck, RV Trailer Brakes have to be changed at common intervals to make sure they may work whenever you want them too.
Taking place hill with an additional ton or 5 behind you just isn’t the time to appreciate you must have changed them.
The very first thing it’s essential to do is work out what RV Trailer brakes you have got, as a way to order the replacements.
What RV Trailer Brakes Do I Want?
You want two key items of knowledge to get the best brakes to your Fifth Wheel or Journey Trailer.
First it’s essential to know what measurement axles you have got. Someplace in your axle ought to be an info tag that exhibits what weight axles you have got. Ours are Dexter 7,000 Pound Axles.
The following piece of knowledge you want is the dimensions of your brake meeting. Totally different measurement axles and rims may have totally different measurement assemblies. Our axles have 12 inch x 2 in brake assemblies.
Ordering Substitute RV Trailer Brakes
Identical to every part else, there are several types of trailer brake assembles. There are guide adjustment brakes, and self adjusting. We selected to make use of the Dexter 12×2 Nev-R-Modify Self Adjusting Trailer Brakes.
These self adjusting brakes imply that I don’t have to recollect to advantageous tune them each season earlier than we hit the street. The brake assemblies will modify themselves to keep up the correct amount of spacing between themselves and the brake drum.
In your Fifth Wheel or Journey Trailer, your brake drum is all a part of your Hub Meeting. Changing your brake drum and bearings is simply as necessary as changing your RV Trailer Brakes. In case your bearings give out your wheels can snap proper off your axle.
The brake drums are topic to a situation known as glazing. That is when the hub absorbs a lot warmth that making use of the brakes acts extra like a sprucing wheel than a brake pad.
The contact floor of the hub turns into as easy as glass stopping the brake pads from really slowing you down.
We ordered these Dexter Brake Drum And Axle Bearing kits. They arrive with the brand new hub, new interior and outer bearing, grease caps, lock nuts, lock ring. The entire deal.
RV Wheel Bearing Grease and a top quality Grease Gun are the subsequent issues you’re going to want. My grease of alternative is Lucas Pink n Cheesy. It has nice thermal properties, and after doing a upkeep greasing of my axle bearings final season the trailer towed simpler and I even picked up half a mile per gallon on my gas gauge.
Eradicating your present RV Trailer Brakes
Begin by eradicating the Mud Cap. Faucet it from the within out with a hammer and it’ll ultimately come out of your Hub.
Then take away the cotter pin or lock ring that’s holding your spindle nut.
Subsequent take away the nut and washer, and pull the whole Hub Meeting out and off the spindle.
As soon as the Hub Meeting is off, wipe off any remaining grease with a paper towel.
Now take discover of the 2 wires going by the again of the brake meeting. You’re going to minimize these two wires, on the trailer aspect of the wire nuts.
Lastly, take away the mounting bolts that maintain the brake meeting on.
Now all you must do it pop the brand new brake meeting on, and set up the brand new lock nuts. On the again aspect it’s essential to reconnect the 2 brake wires. I extremely suggest utilizing shrink tubing for a water tight connection.
Now slide your drum again onto the spindle, and reinstall the washer, luck nut and lock tab.
The ultimate factor to do it faucet the brand new mud cap on and grease the axle. There IS a proper approach to grease an axle, and if you wish to see methods to do it, Take a look at our youtube video the place we do exactly that.