Fuse6 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Need to install new brakes on my trailer. 3500 lb axles. Anyone use the self adjusting electric brakes. Would think the cable, pulley and clicker mechanism would seize up quickly in the environment a sled trailer is running in. lf they do function properly for 2 or 3 seasons then l would try a set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidooboy Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 take them apart and hit them with anti seize to protect the adjuster. also, the backing plate, springs etc... with fluid film or the like. spray everything but the shoes and inside drums. it will help them last. Ski 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ox Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Aren't all electric brakes "self adjusting"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Most drum style brakes are. There is an adjuster that expands and contracts adjusting the shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrightonalan Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 some and some are manually adjusted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Farmer Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 16 hours ago, Fuse6 said: Need to install new brakes on my trailer. 3500 lb axles. Anyone use the self adjusting electric brakes. Would think the cable, pulley and clicker mechanism would seize up quickly in the environment a sled trailer is running in. lf they do function properly for 2 or 3 seasons then l would try a set. I have them on my tent trailer. Work fine never any trouble since it never sees winter. Only looked at them a few times in past 15 years. On a sled trailer you have to do more maintaince like ski says. Towing in off season keeps them loose. Once a month move trailer and take it for a drive. I know a contractor tows his trailer every week day never has trouble with electric brakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggz Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 On 12/19/2022 at 6:14 PM, skidooboy said: take them apart and hit them with anti seize to protect the adjuster. also, the backing plate, springs etc... with fluid film or the like. spray everything but the shoes and inside drums. it will help them last. Ski Yikkes. Be careful with this advise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidooboy Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 12 hours ago, Puggz said: Yikkes. Be careful with this advise. Why? stop corrosion and seizing brakes, making things work better, last longer? Ski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Maybe missed the part about spray everything BUT the shoes...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicFish Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 6 hours ago, stoney said: Maybe missed the part about spray everything BUT the shoes...lol That's the only questionable part. Once that brake assembly starts to work and get hot some of that Fluid Film is going to work it's way onto the shoes and drum surface. All of the brake dust sticks to it and makes a horrible filthy paste that makes cleaning and servicing that much more of a chore the next time. I clean and lubricate all of the adjusting mechanism and pivot points with some quality anti seize and leave the rest of it clean. This method has always served me well on my own equipment and stuff that I serviced. I try to not use an excess of lubricant in any one area. Just enough to do the job without collecting grime that will turn the lubricant into an abrasive over time. The only exception to this is for landscapers with salting equipment. Drive that thing through a wading pool of Fluid Film. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildman Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 I do annual inspections daily, I am always adjusting self adjusting brakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggz Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 10 hours ago, skidooboy said: Why? stop corrosion and seizing brakes, making things work better, last longer? Ski I just said "careful". Electric drum brakes work completely different than the auto version, the magnets attach themselves to the inner section of the drum. Any excursion of anti-seize/grease/lube will completely eliminate the ability for the unit to act in anger. Brake assemblies can get quite hot and with all the moving parts, there's a big possibility that lubricants can end up in the most undesirable location. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinental couch Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 6:49 AM, Wildman said: I do annual inspections daily, I am always adjusting self adjusting brakes. Yes. Usually everything is seized up. If I can’t adjust them, they get new hardware kits. It is not worth my time to save those parts. The customers usually complain about that so I give an economics lesson. $65.00 for a new kit or $100.00 for me to clean and lubricate it. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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