1987 Cobra Trailer Brake drum removal

PS: Please don't ask me why I know this...

Good point about drum damage. Speaking hypothetically, that could take the form of a small crack in the hub, the thickest part of the cast iron drum in the center where the bearings run. Aside from the implications about structural integrity of the drum, this could allow grease to leak out of the center of the hub and be flung up onto the brake shoes and machined braking surface of the drum. Well, maybe a little more than hypothetically....

Chip Bearden
"JB"

All good advice, thanks for taking the time. We have removed the axle from the trailer and calling Alko on Moday

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 9:03:16 PM UTC-4, wrote:
All good advice, thanks for taking the time.
We have removed the axle from the trailer and calling Alko on Moday

Do let us know the outcome!

You might want to get local quotes for North American spec axle and brake,

most likely electric. The k

I was thinking the same thing. Easier to get replacement parts and at least half the price of European stuff. You could even covert to an axle-less system with independent suspension (better ride) and electric brakes for less then the old European torsion bar system for less money.


On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 1:30:05 PM UTC-7, George Haeh wrote:
You might want to get local quotes for North American spec axle and brake,

most likely electric. The k

I'd always dismissed the "new axle with electric brakes" option for older German
trailers because I didn't want to give up my hand-operated parking brake. I decided to check before I posted (novel idea, eh?) and discovered that manual parking brakes are, in fact, available for electric-brake axles. Anyone installed one of these on their Komet/Cobra?

Chip Bearden
"JB"