Collins Trailers / Re-lining brake shoes

[Zippy768]

We have an old Collins trailer that I want to sort the brakes on so we have a spare trailer to run grain out the field.

Obviously they don't exist anymore, but did someone take them over or same bodies/axles use on another brand?

Also is it possible to still get shoes re-lined? On is that not a thing anymore?

Tia

 

[Spear]

Fairly sure AW took over Collins.
Certainly same design trailer back at the time.
Brakes shouldn’t be a problem to sort, nothing special about the axles used.

 

[Nearly]

http://www.adraxles.com/the-group/adr-uk-tyremart

Newark for brake spares.
Don't rule out complete new axles if it needs more than shoes.

 

[Boohoo]

I've had brake shoes relined by a local truck and bus parts supplier.

 

[Rowland]

You will be able to get them relined locally somewhere.
I did an old 10 ton trailer a few years back it was pretty easy to find a company to do it .
And it wasn’t that expensive fairly cheep if I remember

 

[del_boy]

Yes aw trailers took over collins.
We get our brake shoes relined by ALL SPARES. cost was £12 a shoe so alot less than new. Took them on a monday and had them back on Wednesday

 

[davidroberts30]

Measure the width of the shoe and the inside of the drum and match up parts from there

 

[Zippy768]

Thanks for the replies. Turns out our local engineering firm can sort out the re-lining at a fraction of the cost of a new shoe .
Up to 10 day turnaround tho.
Old Safety McSafe (father) doesn't want all hubs off at once. So front hubs today and back ones in a fortnight I expect.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Why dont you want to take all the hubs off at once??

Blocks under drawbar and axles and get the lot done in one go?

 

[Exfarmer]

Perhaps he wants to use it in the meantime

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Perhaps he wants to use it in the meantime

Then drum and wheel off in one, flick the shoes off with tyre lever and dab of grease on bearing and push drum back on, all 4 done in an hour easily. That’s what we do so that we can wheel them back out or use around the yard

 

[deleted user 837354]

Perhaps he wants to use it in the meantime

 

[Zippy768]

Then drum and wheel off in one, flick the shoes off with tyre lever and dab of grease on bearing and push drum back on, all 4 done in an hour easily. That’s what we do so that we can wheel them back out or use around the yard

Ahhhh, great idea, so simple .
Had the front 2 off just before lunch - shower dodging in the sprayer at the mo - will crack the back 2 off tomoz morn.
Cheers