Kevgrn114 wrote:The hitch of the trailer still has the surge piece attached so I would only need to add the brakes and lines. I was looking at etrailer.com and they don't look to awful for price.. I will likely add them.
Surely it can't be any worse than changing the springs, tie rods, and ball joint on our RV:-)
It's not a difficult project, but if it's the original trailer, the surge coupler was welded to the frame and you would have to cut or grind the welds off to replace it. I mention this because it's a near-certainty that the master cylinder is shot and will also need replacing. When I changed the brakes on mine over to disc, I elected to replace the coupler also. Same make and model (used to be DICO, now it's Titan, but can't tell them apart), so I ground off the welds, drilled two holes, and bolted the new coupler on. The cost of parts to rebuild the coupler was almost as much as a new coupler, so I went with all new, and being bolted on now, I can remove it for service if needed. From the pictures, it looks like yours is the same (DICO/Titan), but replaced at some time, as it's not painted black.
The kit I got from etrailer included discs/rotors, backing plates, calipers, brake lines (rigid and flex), coupler with solenoid lockout valve, bearings, seals, and caps. Everything needed was in the box. I should have put brakes on both axles, to make it legal in states that require it, and it's cheaper to buy the kit for all four wheels rather than buying the second axle parts later, but I didn't, so for now, that's how it is. It stops nicely with brakes on just the rear axle, and I can easily tell the difference when I lock out the brakes intentionally to test it (electric solenoid, so you can back it up).
This is what I used.
http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Brakes/ ... 43100.html
This is what I wish I'd used.
http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Brakes/ ... 43200.html
Hopefully, your axles have the flanges with the 4-bolt pattern for drum backing plates or caliper mounting brackets (same bolt pattern) on them.
The boat looks like it's in really nice condition, by the way. It's a fun boat to own. My son learned to wakeboard behind ours (50 hp Honda), and I still get to sail, which I much prefer over motoring, but the whole idea when we downsized to this boat is that it has something for everyone, and I can take it to places that were either impossible (land-locked finger lakes), or very time consuming (canal-accessable finger lakes, Thousand Islands region) to get to with a keel boat.
Be patient with rigging for transport and setting up at a ramp. It takes a long time to do, but the more you do it, and the more you read here on time saving techniques, the faster it gets. Like actually sailing this boat (and docking it), it's unique, and takes some learning to get used to. But it's worth it in the end.
Congrat's.
