The joy of Kodiak Stainless hubs

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It's been 5+ years of 1/2 fresh water and 1/2 salt water use for are Tige boat and trailer. We purchased a customer aluminum trailer from Rolls Axle and had Kodiak stainless steel hubs & rotors installed.

Here a a few pictures of the aging process.

**The original disc's (shown) have a special coating but Kodiak now sells stainless dics.

**The rotors where lightly sanded with 80 grit using a DA sander to remove stains.

The point of this thread is that the extra money up front pays off. Trailer brakes suck, and there's now way around the endless maintenance they seem to require.

All components shown where washed with mineral spirits, allowed to dry one day and will get re-grease with Corrosion Block.
Which should be done once a year in my opinion.

Now that this is done, Marco Island is waiting for us. HITCH UP!

[.NOBODY]

Life just got a whole lot better with Kodiak trailer components. They now make the pads riveted to Stainless Steel plates. This means everything is stainless. Hubs, Discs, Studs, Pins, and now Pads.

It's been three years of nothing but salt water use for our RZ4. My hub and discs are still good as new aside from some discoloration. The pads didn't hold up well, as you can see. The corrosion coating applied isn't enough.

The STAINLESS STEEL pads (and SS clip) will last much longer.

Pictures below show hubs and rotors - 8 years old.
Old pads with 3 years of salt use.
Old pads vs new stainless steel pads.
A complete set of new stainless steel pads.

Kodiak is the ONLY way to go.