Fiddle brakes,

[jasongreen357]

The mod for fiddle brakes on the rear is so cheap I am considering it for my tourer.

Is that a practical idea? are they going to be useful? or is it better to just pay the extra and get a locker?

[Mudde1]

The mod for fiddle brakes on the rear is so cheap I am considering it for my tourer.

Is that a practical idea? are they going to be useful? or is it better to just pay the extra and get a locker?

have you remembered to include the costs having the fiddle breaks brought up to road worthy standard and costs of a cert ?

[jasongreen357]

no i have no idea, i didn't even know it needed a cert. thanks for bringing that up. I do have the advantage that I'm a mechanical fitter. i can machine and weld. surly i can build something to get cert? what are the rules.

[skid]

Dont think it can be certed

Look up a local cert guy on the ltsa website and ask him

If you plan to do things that require cert then it pays to get them onside nice and early

[Pedro]

Dont think it can be certed

Look up a local cert guy on the ltsa website and ask him

If you plan to do things that require cert then it pays to get them onside nice and early

put a separate set of callipers on rear axle for fiddle brakes, makes them total independent of the main brake system, bolting is best so no "weld affected zone" but still check with certifier

pedro

[DMcCready]

I think you also have to be able to lock the levers inside the cab so they cant be operated or bumped by accident when on the road. That was the story when I looked into it a few years ago...

[turoa]

Dont think it can be certed

Look up a local cert guy on the ltsa website and ask him

If you plan to do things that require cert then it pays to get them onside nice and early

Theres already a thread on here about certing fiddles. Theres a section on it in the hobby car manual with the rules on it.

For a tourer I wouldn't waste time with fiddles. Its now the kind of thing that you'd use often. Locker for the win

[De-Ranged]

Dont think it can be certed

Look up a local cert guy on the ltsa website and ask him

If you plan to do things that require cert then it pays to get them onside nice and early

Theres already a thread on here about certing fiddles. Theres a section on it in the hobby car manual with the rules on it.

For a tourer I wouldn't waste time with fiddles. Its now the kind of thing that you'd use often. Locker for the win

Dead right, by the time you have paid for a pair of calipers, master cylinders, all the bundy to join it up and thats not counting the daft box for road use the electric switch gear and warning lights etc then add in the cost of cert your past the cost of an auto locker and not far off the cost of locker and as far as traction and going places it will leave the fiddles for dead
The only reason I'd consider fiddles would be in the case of an old landy where you have no lock lol but even then alot of work for a very rearly used gain