Brake pads for hydraulic trailer brakes

[bpsuls]

A few years back i got rid of my crappy old ezloader with surge drums and upgraded to a tuff trailer with EOH and disc. Man what a game changer that was. Anyways a year into it one of the pads came unglued from the backerplate so required replacing. of course the rest of the caliper is aluminum and stainless but the pads are plain old steel and the rust lifts the glued pads off the plate. I go to get replacements and they inform me that the pads are 30$ each, for EACH PAD! Well I wasnt satisfied with that and told them to keep em, I went to a auto parts store and after some research discovered that 1988 or 1989 Volkswagen Fox front brake pads are a very close match and can be had for about 3-10$ a set on rockauto. so I bought a couple sets and then installed them, and 3 years later, they are still doing great and outlasted the original dexter ones. I splurged and got the 10$ raysbestos ones. Now there is one mod you need to do, you have to grind down the bottom of the pad a little as the outside pad will rub against the hub. I dont beleive the inside one needs this mod. The pad is a bit wider and sort of wears around the disc but I checked on it this summer after thousands of kms and it was perfect.
Anyways thought for all you DIYers out there who want to save 220$ on a twin axle brake job, because that's what you are saving, you can blow it on more fishing stuff, which of course is the better option. Happy holidays!

 

[23Hourston]

Good stuff

 

[seahorse]

I just repacked my trailer bearings last week and sure enough one of the pads on my Titan disk calipers had broken/rusted off. Went to Lordco in Courtenay to buy a new set and yes one set was $89.95 for one caliper. I’m convinced there is a war on the consumer since Covid. I know I should have bought 2 sets to replace a complete axle set but I don’t put a lot of miles on the trailer each year, one trip to Port Hardy and Nootka and then mostly local areas the rest of the year. I’m betting I’ll slowly replace them all as they are 5 years old now.

 

[searun]

Thanks for sharing, I have the same set up on my 2008 trailer. We replaced the Kodiak callipers with OEM which is a complete kit that I was able to order from Rock Auto at the time. Not sure if they still carry Kodiak systems now however. Worked perfectly, but not cheap. Unfortunately for me the original callipers had developed a ridge from sitting too much creating a sticking issue and required a full rebuild. Rather than mess with that we took the easy (but more $) way out. Rock Auto was the cheapest source by far, so worth checking out. The stuff always arrives within a week at longest.