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Free-backing, driver's-side and passenger's-side drum brakes won't engage when you reverse, even if your actuator is activated. Automotive-grade friction pads and e-coated backing plates are long-lasting. Fit 14" to 15" wheels.
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Note: Because free-backing brakes are designed to eliminate nearly all friction between the brake shoes and the drum when you are driving in reverse, a trailer breakaway kit will not be effective should your trailer disconnect from your tow vehicle while you are backing up.
Free-backing brakes let your trailer move in reverse without the brakes being activated by your surge actuator. These brakes are needed if your actuator does not have a reverse lockout, which is a mechanism that ensures that the actuator does not activate when your rig moves in reverse.
Each of these free-backing hydraulic brake assemblies has a fall-away shoe, which provides full braking when your trailer is moving forward, but supplies only limited friction when the trailer is moving in reverse. During normal forward braking, the fall-away shoe expands to catch your brake drum. When driving in reverse, however, the fall-away shoe's extra spring will overcome the pressure from the brake cylinder. This keeps the leading edge from catching on the drum, so the shoe will not fully pivot into the drum. This exerts a smaller amount of friction, just enough to provide a minimal amount of braking when in reverse.
These trailer brake assemblies act as part of your trailer's hydraulic braking system. A hydraulic trailer brake actuator is required for these brakes to function.
These brake assemblies meet the requirements for certification by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). The CSA creates standards, which when complied with ensure a safe and quality product. These brake assemblies underwent extensive testing to measure stopping distances when braking. These brakes have also been tested by QAI for braking performance in a complete automotive setup and under real-world conditions to provide the most realistic scenario for the everyday driver.
Each shoe on these brake assemblies is lined with automotive-grade friction material for improved stopping performance and longevity. The friction material is fully bonded onto the surface of the brake shoe. This lining is custom-molded for a perfect fit. The edges are tapered to ensure long-lasting performance. This taper, along with the circular grinding that the lining undergoes, helps to prevent cracking and crumbling. This durability helps to prevent mechanical lockup, which can occur when brake shoes are excessively worn or broken.
The friction material is also SAE-N certified, which means that it is an environmentally safe product that complies with California and Washington regulations regarding the composition of brake pads. As a result, this material not only provides high-performance braking that can endure the test of time, but it is also environmentally friendly and safe for use throughout the United States and Canada.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (305 Customer Reviews)
Free-backing, driver's-side and passenger's-side drum brakes won't engage when you reverse, even if your actuator is activated. Automotive-grade friction pads and e-coated backing plates are long-lasting. Fit 14" to 15" wheels.My trailer is over 25 years old and my concern was if I was going to be able to get the right parts. Everthing was still the same as back then. Much easier to replace the whole Assembly as opposed to randomly replacing a part here and there. I now have a new trailer...well almost
Charles D - 09/22/2021I have ordered complete brake assemblies like these in the past for my 5th wheel. They are great and easy to install. No need to fight those springs and keepers that hole the brake shoes to the backing plate, (Pain) just remove the wheel and four bolts, install plate and wheel and adjust the brakes. Done in less than 30 min. a wheel. You save time and money! Great way to do your brakes and I like E-trailer's fast delivery.
Jan - 10/07/2021Got everything installed and after testing, brakes are working well. I have no major complaints. Price is good. I could have spent a few extra dollars for the galvanized backing plates but this is for a boat trailer that only gets towed 25 miles or so each way to a freshwater lake once or twice a week during the summer, so I went the cheap route. A couple of notes: spend the 5 bucks on the accompanying hardware kit (nuts and washers). I didn't, figuring that I would just use the nuts and washers off of the old plates. Problem is that the bolts on the old plates were course thread and the bolts on these are fine thread. I had to go to about 4 stores to find fine threaded bolts in the right size. I would have saved myself a couple of hours on the install if I would have ordered the hardware from etrailer. Second, on my trailer, two of the bolts were stalled with the bolt head on the outside of the axle with the nut on the inside of the plate. With these new plates, the bolts are not removable, which meant that I had to install two of the nuts with an open end wrench rather than an impact socket because there was not enough clearance between the nut when threaded onto the bolt and the axle. Not the end of the world and even if I knew that in advance I would have still purchased this same product. But it did end up taking an extra few minutes for each axle to install the plates, so it is something that I thought that I would note here. Just a couple of quibbles that were specific to my trailer. But if I were to do it over again, I would still purchase.
Garrett T - 03/19/2021I did a total rebuild of my boat trailer. I ordered nearly all of the parts from etrailer. New carpet for the bunks new brakes and backing plates as well as a new brake actuator. New wheel bearings and seals. This trailer is old a 1974 but all of the parts fit I was satisfied with all of the products I received and the timely manner in which they were delivered to my door I am very happy with the fine service I received a t trailer and the help and selecting the right parts thank you very much etrailer.
Shipment arrives on time as promised and they sure look good. I have a dropped axle trailer and I installed with the traditional adjuster at 6 o'clock position but with my dropped axle, I was not able to adjust the brake from outside. So I called etrailer help desk and the lady took down all my information and told me someone will call me back within 24 hours and they did and gave me a sound advice. Clock the plate so that the left adjuster will be at 9 o'clock position and right adjuster will be at 3 o'clock position. I did it yesterday, adjusted the brakes from outside, bleed the brakes and it works like it should be. Thank you etrailer and your supporting team.
Exactly what I needed. Perfect fit installation. Came in two days.
Thomas F - 09/17/2021
I had an old trailer. DYI with this brake kit. Reran new brake lines, etc. These worked great!
One year in on a rebuild of my salt water trailer. Install was as easy as it should be and I’ve had no issues. Nice brakes.
etrailer was very responsive to my order and was able to ship to me right away. Received it within two days, very impressed. I will definitely order from them again.
Very fast shipping on the brake assemblies. Make sure that you see if the assembly has studs in the backer plates. My axle did not have room to use studs in all 4 holes. I had to remove 1 stud and put in a bolt on each side. Nuts for studs were “not included”. This was my only aggravation with these plates.
ordering and delivery was excellent. One issue was that nuts to the hold down studs were not included. Our oem backing pate used a course thread versus fine thread on yours, this required an extra trip to local parts house.
These brakes look to be of good quality’. I am Replacing possibly the original set of four on an 18 year old boat trailer. Time with tell how these hold up in the saltwater.
great service at great prices and the best customer service in the industry. Thanks etrailer for making things easy for your customers. The way things should be.
Excellent customer service exact fit on parts ordered. We look forward to continuing our business relationship with them.
Nice kit that swapped out easily. Great to not have to build the drum brakes yourself. Total time saver and now absolutely everything is new.
Brakes showed up a day earlier. Well packed and everything was there. Easy to install and very good quality.
They have the parts and prices. Not the only trailer on-line retailer but probably the best.
Calling etrailer helped. They got me the right brake kit. Wish they were a tad easier to adjust, buy ya cant have everything.
Great service. Arrived early,fit perfectly on my 1989 mastercraft trailer. The only complaint that I have is that the ports for adjusting the drum brakes are blocked by the vertical part of my trailer axle. I believe this a just a poor design of the axle because the original brake backing plate adjusting port was in the same spot. Had to adjust by adjusting out until I couldn’t get the drum on,then pulling drum off to adjust the brakes in until the drum would fit on again.
Received my 10 inch brake kit.very fast shipping well packed .l was going to replace each part but this was a much better deal now I have all new parts.i ordered a surge brake actuator from a different site and am still waiting.will use etrailer from now on.
Albert S - 08/31/2019Perfect Fit Quality Parts
I have had nothing but problems with the backing plates. I have adjusted them about every time I have taken my boat out. One time my boat trailer locked up both tires going down the road about 35 mph. good thing it wasn't any faster or I would have been in the ditch. I'm going to change back to the Manuel lockout brakes once I can get all new drums and brakes.
Delivered in a timely manner. one shoe had slight damage but not bad enough to complain about. Have heavy boat that I bought used 4 years ago and trailer brakes had never worked. These bolted on easily, made slight adjustments and trailer brakes now work perfectly. Should have done this a long time ago. Very happy, will order from etrailer again if needing brake parts.
The order arrived quickly and packaged well. Only problem was that the lower staked in studs couldn't be used. Not enough clearance to get the nuts on after assembly to axle plate. I just knocked the lower studs out and replaced them with the studs & nuts that were on the original assembly. New assemblies look well painted and the brake pads look good. These units were installed on a 1988 boat trailer; replacing the original brakes. I hope I get as much or more life from these brakes as I've gotten from the originals!
Purchased a master cylinder and these free backing brakes to replace the water damaged parts on my 25 year old boat trailer. Even though my original parts were no longer available, the personnel at etrailer helped me find the correct replacement parts. I was ready to make modifications if necessary, but to my surprise, everything was a drop in replacement! I wouldn't hesitate using etrailer again.
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