wammers said:

Early LR rod operated ones maybe left something to be desired. But the later cable ones are more than good enough. There was a change some time ago that changed designation from parking brake to emergency brake. There was never a Mk II Jag or E type made that would pass the MOT for hand brake efficiency.

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blue beasty said:

I always pull up just outside the mot station to tweak the shoe adjuster and back it off when leaving simply to avoid the inevitable drawn out conversation about lever travel

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wammers said:

Ideally handbrake should be on in three clicks, but it should travel no more than five. If it does it should be a fail even if it passes efficiency test.

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blue beasty said:

That's no problem on a Series....


So long as you start from a position that will have the drum glowing red after a mile

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wammers said:

Ideally handbrake should be on in three clicks, but it should travel no more than five. If it does it should be a fail even if it passes efficiency test.

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wammers said:

So you had not maintained the standard brake properly then? The standard brake in good nick used to hard in emergency mode, will lock the rear wheels sufficiently well to snap an half shaft on dry tarmac.

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lynall said:

If you do any serious off roading the std drum brake is a royal pita.
The X eng set up solves this with one simple stroke.
Think of all the times you have wanted your handbrake to hold and its not quite right, no such worries with the disc, of course if you have never had any such issues you dont do any serious off roading even if you think you do.
I should add that many big off road machines have exposed transmission disc brakes with no issues.
In a nutshell the disc brake is very very good.

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