Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

Spray a little "Pam" on the rotors just before completeing your back in for the
winter.

We fish year round here, so don't have the same problem. But, I'd give the Pam
a try if I needed to stop my rotors from sticking to the pads.

Butch

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

On 02 Jan 2004 00:29:45 GMT, (JDavis1277) wrote:

Spray a little "Pam" on the rotors just before completeing your back in for the
winter.

We fish year round here, so don't have the same problem. But, I'd give the Pam
a try if I needed to stop my rotors from sticking to the pads.

Good tip - thanks.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
"I object to fishing tournaments less for
what they do to fish than what they do to
fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

On 02 Jan 2004 00:29:45 GMT, (JDavis1277) wrote:

Spray a little "Pam" on the rotors just before completeing your back in for the
winter.

We fish year round here, so don't have the same problem. But, I'd give the Pam
a try if I needed to stop my rotors from sticking to the pads.

Butch

If the Pam penetrates the pads at all, you won't have breaks next
spring until you put in new pads.
Mark E. Williams

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

If you have disk brakes ( Rotors ) you could use large wood C clamps and
squeeze the pistons back and then shake them engulf so they don’t hutch the
disks.

Mike
I have surge actuated mechanical brakes on my 20 foot Ranger's
trailer.

If there a way to clean the rotors and keep them from sticking over
winter? I have a hell of a time breaking them loose this morning when
I moved the trailer from one side of the driveway to the other. I had
to move it for some house remodeling being done. They were frozen
solid and the rust on the rotors was pretty bad.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

Agreed. Don't do the PAM. Will ruin your pads.

Only real solution would be to block up the axle and once a week or so go
out and spin the tires over. That or remove the caliper.
As for the rust, don't worry about it. First time you use the brakes that
will come right off.

--
Tony
My boats and autos - http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com



"Maynard G. Krebbs" wrote in message
...
On 02 Jan 2004 00:29:45 GMT, (JDavis1277) wrote:

Spray a little "Pam" on the rotors just before completeing your back in
for the
winter.

We fish year round here, so don't have the same problem. But, I'd give
the Pam
a try if I needed to stop my rotors from sticking to the pads.

Butch

If the Pam penetrates the pads at all, you won't have breaks next
spring until you put in new pads.
Mark E. Williams

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 16:17:43 GMT, "Tony Thomas"
wrote:

Agreed. Don't do the PAM. Will ruin your pads.

Only real solution would be to block up the axle and once a week or so go
out and spin the tires over. That or remove the caliper.
As for the rust, don't worry about it. First time you use the brakes that
will come right off.

Didn't think of that - maybe I should spin the wheels.

D'Oh!!!!

Thanks.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
"I object to fishing tournaments less for
what they do to fish than what they do to
fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

Well, I'm sure you guys know all about Pam... but I'd be very surprised if the
tiny quantity on a brake rotor that would touch a pad would destroy or degrade
the pads stopping qualities. After all, the pads are rubbing the rotors all
the time and most of any Pam sprayed on the rotors would be wiped off by the
pad edges, right? I'd betcha a couple of stops would be plenty to eliminate
any slip caused by the Pam.

OTOH, I've never tried it nor seen it tried.... was just an idea.

Butch

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

On 04 Jan 2004 00:03:42 GMT, (JDavis1277) wrote:

Well, I'm sure you guys know all about Pam... but I'd be very surprised if the
tiny quantity on a brake rotor that would touch a pad would destroy or degrade
the pads stopping qualities. After all, the pads are rubbing the rotors all
the time and most of any Pam sprayed on the rotors would be wiped off by the
pad edges, right? I'd betcha a couple of stops would be plenty to eliminate
any slip caused by the Pam.

OTOH, I've never tried it nor seen it tried.... was just an idea.

Some of the newer pad compounds are sensitive to certain organic and
chemical compounds. "Pam" might be one of them, although I sort of
agree with you on the amount.

Hey, who knows - try it and see I guess.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
"I object to fishing tournaments less for
what they do to fish than what they do to
fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

I have surge actuated mechanical brakes on my 20 foot Ranger's
trailer.

I have a similar size boat with surge brakes.



If there a way to clean the rotors and keep them from sticking over
winter? I have a hell of a time breaking them loose this morning when
I moved the trailer from one side of the driveway to the other. I had
to move it for some house remodeling being done. They were frozen
solid and the rust on the rotors was pretty bad.

When was the last time you replaced the springs & actuators? How about
bleeding them clean? If there is any moisture at all *inside* the
hydraulic part of it, it will rust & get very sticky. I've found that they
need to be bled once a year and again if there is any drop in the
reservoir, for some reason (it seems to be common with friends trailers
too) they like to suck air if given half a chance.... and air always
brings in water too.

Regards
Doug King

Speaking of trailer brakes...
 

Doug,

Disc brakes, right?

Butch