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Difference Between Buying Electric Trailer Brake Kit Set Versus Buying Each Brake Individually  

Updated 02/06/2017 | Published 02/03/2017



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$2 More expensive than buying individual L and R? Whats the difference?

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Electric Trailer Brake Kit # AKEBRK-35-SA comes with both the right and left brake assemblies but also new nuts and washers. If you get the brakes individually the nuts and washers are sold separately. If you do not need the nuts and washers then getting the brakes by themselves # AKEBRK-35L-SA and # AKEBRK-35R-SA would safe you a little bit.

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