Hand brake swap for disc

Rangerat · Post by **Rangerat** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:05 pm

Hi all

Had to pull the hand brake drum to bits again!!! full of mud etc... and you all know me, if it breaks tiwce it's going to be fiddled with!!!

Looking at swapping the drum set up for a disc set up.
Thinking out loud, use a mechanical brake (as per the hand brakes on the rear disc's on cars)
Looks easy, but any more ideas out there or has anybody seen/done it?

Rat

P.S. them 35 Centipedes are the s@#t. Lock the diff, piont and shoot yeehaaa.

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:11 pm

Im guessing it has to be mechanical for cert/wof issues being an ëmergency brake"??
Hmmmmm let me know what sort of disc you want, I may have something........

Rex

35's do, I dont I, do I, dont I...............

Rangerat · Post by **Rangerat** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:16 pm

35's you know you do :twisted:

I'll be measuring up for the disc conversion this weekend. Might drop you a line when I know what I want.

Rat

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:19 pm

Just a thought Rat
I'm running hydro discs on my rover's fiddle brakes, at the moment I'm working on linking them to the clutch pump/res off a hilux that is worked off a handbrake lever (with the locking mech removed)

Just an idea

Cheers Reece

Rangerat · Post by **Rangerat** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:16 pm

I think I have it all sussed.
I am pricing up a mechanical disc handbrake (cable operated) as fitted to trailers (3500kg rating)
It comes as a complete kit, disc, caliper, bolts etc..
With a bit of fiddling it should (now I've doomed it!)be easy.
Will post a write up when I do it.

Rat

RoloverRover · Post by **RoloverRover** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:03 pm

Hi guys im new to this site and have just bought a series 3 with an ld28 and cruiser diffs it has holden discs on back but im also runing the standard hand brake is their a hydro hand brake that is easy to fit?

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:41 am

http://www.x-eng.co.uk has disc conversion kits. I found that the drum works allright for me. When I replaced the shoes and adjusted it, there was a huge improvement. It will lock the wheels on gravel while you're on the move now

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lowbox · Post by **lowbox** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:41 pm

I bought an x-eng one, will let you know how it goes when it's fitted... I've had a few to many times filling the handbrake drum full of mud and losing use of the handbrake to be happy with the standard one.