Hi all, a question regarding handbrakes on road registered 4 wheel drive vehicles - building a new truck at the moment, will go through cert for beadlocks and other bits, but what I would like to do is have either a hydraulic operated handbrake (still a locking type one for parking), or install manual (not momentary electronic) line locker type devices to get increased holding ability.
The truck has rear disc brakes, but has the little shoes inside the rear rotors for the parking brake. One run through the mud and they are pretty much useless in terms of holding ability with big tyres fitted. Mud tends to grind the shoes to pieces very quickly...
So - what options exist for better parking brake performance? As the truck is a work vehicle (and not a motorsport vehicle), I cant get a motorsport card for the hydraulic handbrake. What about the line locker type lever? Push down on the brake pedal to initiate the pressure in the line, turn the lockers on and then release the pedal - they work really well. But are they certifiable?
I also looked into swapping the rear calipers for a system which only has the discs and pads, but the cables run a cam system to push the pads against the discs, which is also not very effective in terms of stopping on a slope. Same issue for the Wilwood style add on calipers - dont want stretchy cables and additional calipers (just more stuff to go wrong really...)
What do people use? What is certifiable in this situation?
I know I can redo the shoes and adjust/clean every 6 months, but there really has to be a better solution right??
Thanks
LVVTA cert hydraulic handbrake or manual line lockers?
LVVTA cert hydraulic handbrake or manual line lockers?
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Re: LVVTA cert hydraulic handbrake or manual line lockers?
pretty sure its next to impossable to get hydraulic handbrakes certified (motor sport exempt exception ) ,even electric handbrakes cant be retro fitted onto kit type cars. Bloody handbrakes are a pain in the arse . my 80 one sucks
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Re: LVVTA cert hydraulic handbrake or manual line lockers?
The best option is a carden (drive shaft) hand brake, LVVTA don't like these as a broken drive shaft means you have no emergency brake but if the original vehicle had one you can use one.... even if you change motor and trans
Eg 45 series cruiser, changing to LS1 and auto so no carden brake, I'm allowed to modify and fit a new one
The only other option I've come up with is to fit cable activated disks from Subaru Leone, Mitzi gallant, Nissan primera etc and fit them to your rear disks as a separate handbrake caliper.... with 35's they aren't very inspiring but they pass a warrent.... I used to use them on the rear hilux disk conversion and passed plenty through cert.... I didn't do any as a stand alone ebrake tho so I'd suggest talking to a certifier
Eg 45 series cruiser, changing to LS1 and auto so no carden brake, I'm allowed to modify and fit a new one
The only other option I've come up with is to fit cable activated disks from Subaru Leone, Mitzi gallant, Nissan primera etc and fit them to your rear disks as a separate handbrake caliper.... with 35's they aren't very inspiring but they pass a warrent.... I used to use them on the rear hilux disk conversion and passed plenty through cert.... I didn't do any as a stand alone ebrake tho so I'd suggest talking to a certifier