10" x 2-1/4" Driver's-side and passenger's-side electric trailer brake assemblies fit 3,500-lb axles. Mounting flanges have a 4-bolt pattern. Fit 13" to 15" wheels.
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Speaker 1: Today we'll be taking a look at, and showing you how to install, the 10 inch Dexter Electric Trailer Brakes. They're available for the driver's side and the passenger side, or as a kit with both. They come in weight ratings of 3,000 pounds, 3,500 pounds, or 4,400 pounds. That's going to depend on which axle you have on your trailer.One of our customers, Paul, wrote in, "What is the difference between the 3,500 and 4,400 assembly and how do I know which axle I have on my trailer" Well that's easy, Paul. There should be a tag or information stamped into the axle. You just want to see what you have there, and refer to our site to get the appropriate one.
The 3,500 and the 4,400 are the weight ratings.This electric brake assembly is going to be a direct replacement for ones that may be existing on your trailer, or you can upgrade your trailer to add these. The manual inaudible 00:00:47 at the bottom will get a signal from the brake controller on your vehicle. Depending on the sensitivity of the brake controller, that will vary the magnitude of the magnetism on the magnet. The magnet will grab your drum brake, forcing the pads outward, causing the brakes to apply.The brake pads on our assembly are going to be bonded pads. What's nice about this versus riveted pads, is that as your brake pads wear, no rivets can poke through causing any damage to your drum assembly.
There is a left and right brake assembly. There's a sticker located on here that will tell you whether it's a left or right hand side. Another way you can help identify if you have the appropriate side is that this is a leading trailing pad set up, so the smaller pad is your leading pad, which goes towards the front, and the trailing is the larger pad, which is located towards the rear.It comes ready to wire, so you just need to hook it up to your old assembly's wiring if you've replaced it. Or if you're running new ones, you'll need to make sure you have one connection to ground and the other one connected to your brake controller signal. It doesn't matter which one's connected to which, either one will work.It'll connect to your axle with a four bolt pattern.
The hardware you'll need to connect it to your axles comes included with our assembly. When your tire's on, and the system's fully assembled, you can adjust it through the open slot, here at the back. The kit includes a small cover that can be placed over this, to seal up your assembly, once you're done adjusting.We're going to start with our wheel off. Since we're upgrading, by adding brakes to our system instead of just replacing an old assembly, we'll need to replace this hub with our new drum brake hub. You'll need to take the cap off here, at the end.
You'll just hammer this off. Below here, you're going to have your nut. To remove the nut, you're going to need to take the cotter pin, it's found beneath. We're going to have to straighten it back out, so we'll just grab it here, with our needle-nosed pliers. If you are planning on re-using that cap we knocked off, I do recommend using a rubber mallet for that, so you don't damage it. Once you've got the cotter pin straight, you can just pull the cotter pin out. We're going to set it aside. We've got a napkin laid down for everything, so that way, we don't make a mess.Now, we'll remove the nut, located here in the center, using a pair of channel locks. I'm just going to unthread that, all the way. And we're going to set it aside.Our whole hub assembly can now be pulled off. You want to note, though, that there's going to be a washer and a bearing that's just going to fall out, so we're going to use our needle-nose pliers to catch those. We'll set those aside, and now we can set our hub aside. Now, since we're adding drum brakes, we won't be re-installing that hub, nor any of the components except for the nut and the cotter pin and the washer. We won't be re-using the bearings.Now you're going to want to remove all that grease that's on there. And we can now install our drum brake assembly. You want to make sure you've got the wires and anything else out of the way, here on the back. Now, if you had an old assembly on yours, now's the time to remove it from your hub. There'll be four nuts on the back you'll need to remove, and you'll need to cut the two electrical wire that go to your old hub. Now, we can slide on our new hub. If you're just upgrading your brakes, there won't be one to remove, you'll just be sliding this on.Now we'll go around back and install our hardware. On the back side, your studs are going to poke through the hub flange. We're going to install a nut onto each stud. We'll now tighten down all our hardware, using an 11/16ths socket. You may need a wrench for some of these ones here. If you can't get to it with a socket, you may need to use a wrench.Now, if you're replacing your old brake assembly, you'll just want to re-install your hub in reverse order that you removed it. If you're upgrading your system, by adding these brake components, you'll need to purchase a new drum, with bearings and seal, which all is available here at etrailer.com. The new assembly will just slide on, if you are replacing it. On the other side, we'll install our bearing, followed by the washer that we removed. You want to make sure you get that pushed in there, so we can install our nut, which is the next component.The only thing I want to mention, as we're doing this process, you want to make sure to use plenty of grease. You'll see here, at the end of our axle, we do have a grease circ. We did repack all of our bearings, but we're going to make sure to use that grease circ, at the end, to finish filling it with grease. If you don't have that grease circ, you may want to pack additional grease inside your assembly. After you've got your bearings adjusted, you'll install your cotter pin, followed by your cap.We've gone ahead and put our tire back on, now. I find it easier to adjust the brakes, because you've got a little more leverage, and you can feel what it's going to feel like, when it's fully assembled. You're looking for a slight amount of drag. We've got just a little bit too much drag on this wheel, so we're going to adjust it, here at the back.You'll have access to your adjuster through the openings here, at the back. You can use a flat plated screwdriver, or they do have special drum brake adjustment tools, and you just want to turn this star wheel. Turning this wheel will adjust the tension of your brake pads, against the drum. One way to do this is tighten it down all the way, until your wheel stops moving, and then back it off. This ensures that you made good contact, and you've got the right amount of drag.And there we go, we've got just a little bit of drag, you can see the wheel still spins freely, but will, eventually, come to a stop, because of that slight amount of drag. Once you're finished adjusting, we can insert the plastic caps on the back of our backing plate. Now we're ready to connect our wiring.I'm now going to use some heat shrink yellow butt connectors, to make our connection for our wiring, here. Our blue wire is our brake signal wire, and our white wire is ground. If these are already run on your vehicle, because you're just replacing it, you'll just make a connection. Either color can go to either wire. If you're adding this to your system, you're going to need to run your own brake signal wire from your seven pole connector back, and also a ground wire. These colors may be different on your trailer.We'll then use a heat gun to shrink down our heat shrink butt connectors. On the back of your backing plate, you'll find a small, plastic clip. You can take your wiring and just snap it onto that. You do want to make sure that you leave yourself some slack, though, because your suspension is going to be moving up and down, and you don't want to yank out the wires. We are going to actually to it like this, so we have some slack. We'll now repeat this same process on the other side.And that completes our look at the ten inch Dexter Electric Trailer Brakes.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (61 Customer Reviews)
10" x 2-1/4" Driver's-side and passenger's-side electric trailer brake assemblies fit 3,500-lb axles. Mounting flanges have a 4-bolt pattern. Fit 13" to 15" wheels.Great service and RV Brakes were Dexter as etrailer said...Best price EVER...George J does a good job...Looking to more shopping with them... 394927
Received quickly, packaging in good shape, but 2 of the backing plates (1 L, 1 R) looked like they might have been dropped and the shoes had shifted on the backing plate to the point I had to take the springs loose and re-assemble everything. On one of them the star wheel had come completely out. Easy fix, but it's the kind of luck I have. Otherwise easy to install, comes with the nuts to install like it shown in the pic, even though the description says not. 409002
OEM replacement of original. Some paint touch up was required, but very well constructed and a snap to install. The only thing lacking was lock washers and 18 AWG heat shrink butt connectors to complete the re-wiring. 437722
Manny V - 09/30/2018
I replaced all the brake assemblies, due to an intermittent short I could not find, in the brake assembly wiring. The new assemblies are exact replacements. The price of the units was reasonable and no shipping charge. A good place to do business. 567636
Harley - 09/22/2019This is my second time ordering from etrailer and I cannot be any happier with their prices and/or service. Due to MY SAFETY and the inherited LIABILTY of trailer brakes, I chose to purchase these Dexter OEM replacements. They are exact replacements and I am sure that they will work perfectly. Do yourself a favor and DON'T SETTLE for NON-OEM replacements. If an accident occurs, every component will be inspected for correctness. 446986
When I ordered the parts I found I could order the whole kit for less than what it would cost for just the parts I needed so that's what I ordered. The brakes I received were a perfect fit (an exact match for what I had).. Everything went back together very quickly and a year after installing the parts my trailer brakes are still working fine. I am very satisfied and the next time I need trailer parts, etrailer.com will be one of the first places I look. 489958
I decided to replace all my brakes and hubs on a recent trailer acquisition. It was more economical to get kits rather than parts. I have purchased from etrailer before and found what I needed on their site. Packages arrived promptly and in good condition. My order was accurate and installed easily. My new brakes are working well. Also I found a lower price and was refunded the difference by their company policy. Very satisfied. 505540
What can be said other then amazing. Cheapest prices anywhere free shipping and quality products for all trailers. Thank you ! 397791
EXCELLENT ITEM FOR THE PRICE, WILL USE YOU GUYS AGAIN ,THANKS! 756744
Needed to replace the trailer brakes on my wife’s horse trailer so a friend recommended this site. I must say the experience was exceptional. The site is easy to maneuver and they had everything I needed. The shipping was quick and my parts arrived with-in a few days of my order. I will definitely be recommending this site to my friends. 751299
Brake assemblies and drums arrived in perfect condition. Packed very well. It seems that way to many items from other online retailers come delivered damaged. UPS is hard on packages. etrailer.com also has superb customer service. Prices are very good. Thanks etrailer.co. Trailer lights were packed well to. 748923
Brake parts fit exactly like the old ones and had all the mounting hardware right down to the cotterpin and dust cap. I would definitely recommend etrailer for all your brakes and parts. 748887
Replaceing the worn out made in China assemblies with these. The Dexters have a "drain slot" at the bottom which should let the dirt and water pass through better, thereby reducing the crud that builds up inside. The axel assembly with the China parts was not purchased from etrailer... 729229
Fast delivery of a quality product. 721297
etrailer had the best prices I could find on the internet and received parts within 4 days. Would definitely shop etrailer for my future trailer parts. 719337
My trailer is 25 years old and it was due for some work. The old brakes would lock up. This new assembly bolted right in place. Now everything is new for the brakes and they work great. Easy to install. 717369
Product came quickly and was an oem replacement trailer brake. Installed in less than an hour including rounding up all my tools. Great company to buy from! 716049
excellent product. Bolted on with no complications or specialty tools.Replacing the old brake assy. was quick and easy. I'm using these on a 25 foot car trailer that I use for hauling my Ice drag racer. 713792
This was my first time changing hubs and drums. The etrailer video was super helpful, which made installing the hubs and drums a snap. When I ordered by phone, Nichole B was extremely helpful and knowledgeable in making sure I was buying the right set. I have since ordered a trailer light kit but have yet to install it. I will be an etrailer customer again! 713614
Great product. Everything was there in the boxes, easy to install. Came in a timely manner. Will buy again from etrailer when I need other parts 711694
I purchased 10” Dexter brakes for our travel trailer. Etrailer gave us a great price, quick delivery and excellent order communications. Their “how to” videos were also helpful. 706844
etrailer gave me great service: prompt communication, shipping, and on time delivery for original manufacturer replacement parts. I'm very pleased and will be a returning customer. 706508
All parts fit perfectly, and shipping was quick , Great customer service I called explained what I wanted And got exactly what I needed, Highly recommend etrailer 705580
I put Dexter Electric Trailer Brake Kit - 10" on my single axle trailer about one year ago. The trailer plus load weight equals 2000 pounds. I know that single axle trailers normally do not come with brakes, but, I pull my unit around 2k miles round trip every year on vacation and this WAS THE BEST, AND SAFEST INVESTMENT I COULD OF MADE. They work very well. 703355
The customer service has been great. I reordered the Dexter brand brake kit after first receiving the Chinese version. Better quality, stock parts and US Made. The Dexter brake linings are a bit thicker and shaped for easier break in. 691802
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