Look. I'm goin' the garage for a bottle of meths' cus i'm ded thirsty like, so i'll give it 'death' down our road, and lob the handbrake on and see if you're right.
I'll report back in ten minutes.
I wait with bated breath.
CharlesY
I wait with bated breath.
CharlesY
C.J.
New Member
JCB is trundling down our road with a bucket load of oily metally bits as i type.
I bottled out tbh.
JCB is trundling down our road with a bucket load of oily metally bits as i type.
I bottled out tbh.
WIMP!!!
About once a week I heave on the handbrake of my Disco for a second or two just to clean the drum and make sure it works.
I don't set the brake when I park it here at night.
In gear, on the flat. Saves the linkage from stretching.
CharlesY
I don't set the brake when I park it here at night.
In gear, on the flat. Saves the linkage from stretching.
CharlesY
C.J.
New Member
Well now you've said that, i MIGHT just give it a little tweek upwards next time i go out in it.
PASTMASTER
Well-Known Member
thanks CharlesY - always willing to learn. I think it's still the case though that all that transmission stress gets amplified down the line because of the flex capability, and that this CAN get directed to one little half-shaft, which may decide to snap. Series 3 stub axles have a habit of sheering as well - don't know about Disco ones. That drum certainly gets red-hot. We had a V8 110 once with a badly adjusted transmission brake, and it seized up nicely, with a nice pool of hot oil on the road as well. In Croydon.
Incidentally, none of this applies to the Disco 3 - no idea how they manage to MoT that, with its silly Yank pedal and unreliable electronic whatsits.
discomania
Well-Known Member
Is it actually 'gripping' the half shafts then?
No it locks the back propshaft - thats what the big drum is for on the back of your transfer box.
C.J.
New Member
The potential to apply TORQUE to the propshaft(s) via the handbrake, like "negative" torque if you want to see it that way is enormous, and probably exceeds the positive torque from the engine.
I think you could do in a half shaft smartish at about 15 to 20 mph if you hoicked the handbrake on as fast and as hard as you could.
Let us all know if you try this and it works, so we'll all know not to do it!
CharlesY
I think you could do in a half shaft smartish at about 15 to 20 mph if you hoicked the handbrake on as fast and as hard as you could.
Let us all know if you try this and it works, so we'll all know not to do it!
CharlesY
PASTMASTER
Well-Known Member
The MoT blokes usually do it at about 15mph. Still makes me want to scream though. That said, they haven't broken one of mine yet.
C.J.
New Member
Agreed. Can't you insist on them using the old system for testing the brakes, you know, that old bomb thing with a meter on it, that they shoved in the passenger footwell before slammin' the brakes on, on the road?
htf is that gonna alter the h/brake problem?
PASTMASTER
Well-Known Member
They use the meter (and I've even found one who knows HOW to use it (at the second attempt), but as the good slob say, that kinda doesn't help...
C.J.
New Member
What problem.
We've gone way past 'THE/THAT' problem now. We're talkin' about mot testing the brakes on a Landy.
Really, do try keepin' up.
RAZ8550TDI
New Member
must admit i did initiate a drift with my handbrake once..........................abuse welcome!
C.J.
New Member
In what shape or form would you prefer it you bad lad?
Ever tried doin' 'doughnuts' in a Landy by any chance?
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
In what shape or form would you prefer it you bad lad?
Ever tried doin' 'doughnuts' in a Landy by any chance?
Aye apple & jam ones the custard ones are ****e
ffs dimwit.. if pulling hand brake on while moving int a good idea then pulling it on while moving and using an early 19th century brake tester int a good idea either! unless this brake tester has come from the magic land of narnia and can make the half shafts and stuff extra strong fer the duration of the test.What problem.
We've gone way past 'THE/THAT' problem now. We're talkin' about mot testing the brakes on a Landy.
Really, do try keepin' up.
****wit
