iannotts
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You could always use ya footbrake like ya ment toI KNOW that.... NOW! That's why i've been askin' about an alternative.
You could always use ya footbrake like ya ment toI KNOW that.... NOW! That's why i've been askin' about an alternative.
There is actually a very good reason why i ask this question, and it's nowt to do with doing handbrake turns with me neons on in the local B&Q carpark at night time, but unfortunately cannot discuss it in here without actually doing some unavoidable advertising of my business venture.
Suffice to say, i need some sort of secondary braking system.
Anchor out of the window p'raps?
This isn't a trialling scam to fit fiddle brakes is it?
Ok then, have a look at the Rover 820/827, the rear calipers have the handbrake facility built in and are possibly a staight swap for the LR ones.
extra pedals in the passenger side fer one
I've been advised that's not possible without the horrendous expense of sourcing a 2nd hand LHD pedal box, and then all the associated fiddlin linkin' it up to the original stuff. Way over my capabilities that.
'He Man' and others, don't do duals cus of the transmission tunnel. Just not possible apparently....unless you know different of course?
good well thought out point mr stig; specially if yer got kids in it and your sat panicing on the passenger seatonly problem with having handbrake on the rear wheels only on a vehicle close on 2 tons is that it will lock the rear wheels but still keep on going and may even cause an accident with rear control being lost.
A normal handbrake distributes the force equally, STRAIGHT TO THE HUBS. A propshaft handbrake can (I'm told, coz I'm not an engineer) send the force anywhere. So all your braking force CAN end up on one half shaft and sheer it. That's why you have the shuddering when you put it on while moving slowly - what you can feel is the differentials trying to work out where to send the force.Pardon my ignorance, but i've only accidentally used it once whilst coming to a standstill whilst still moving very very slowly.
The banging and crashing that went on was enough for me to NEVER do that again.
Is it actually 'gripping' the half shafts then?
who ever told you that was talking out their arse.
in a past life i used to frequantly put extra pedals into a vast range of vehicles. some with a direct link and some cable linked.
if you say the trans tunnel is too high for a straight rod linkage then use a cable.
all you need do is secure a pedal onto the bulkhead and route the cable so it pull on the pedal on the other side
total cost less than a tenner and about an hour or two work, depending how good yer are
A normal handbrake distributes the force equally, STRAIGHT TO THE HUBS. A propshaft handbrake can (I'm told, coz I'm not an engineer) send the force anywhere. So all your braking force CAN end up on one half shaft and sheer it. That's why you have the shuddering when you put it on while moving slowly - what you can feel is the differentials trying to work out where to send the force.
The force should, of course, be WITH you, as my mate Darth V keeps telling me.
(This really is what I've been told. If some real engineer out there thinks it's b******s let me know).
It isn't good for anything that shuddering, and it should only happen at slow speeds.
At higher speeds pulling on the handbrake may make bad noises, and it sure will wipe the rust off the handbrake drum, but it ought to be smooth till just before it stops, which is when if you have a look underneath you will probably feel the heat and see the glow of a red hot drum.
CharlesY