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Will look into that fer sure! Thanks for that.. 👍

I fitted Heystee discs to the front and 11" 109 drums to the rear. Standard S3 servo. The actual brake parts (master and slave cylinders, discs and shoes) are all Defender. Setup works a treat. Wet, dry, forward, reverse. All good.

I've had Delphi cylinders fitted since 2012. One front one mysteriously seized up after a couple of years. No problems since in about 70,000 miles

It is a sad fact that the whole car spares business is awash with poor quality parts and also even worse fake items in box's of known maker. The Government trading standards is just swamped with all the crap, and it is not just car stuff, coming...

the one on the right looks a bit wrong.. can't put my finger on it

dont know the S3 (pretty sure they are the same) but the S2 has 10" brakes on the front, part number 243296 / 243297

Internal diameters are identical just the overall length is different. New ones are Delphi & lord knows what the old ones are. Going to fit these to see if it improves things. Can soon get some more for the other motor.

Front and rear have different sizes 🤔

Now this is interesting.. Just got a pair of front wheel cyls for another Ser3 from a different place & they are about 1/4" shorter body length than the ones fitted to this car. I guess this would mean that there would be less pressure on the...

One bit of advice I can offer. If you're replacing the collars on the stub axles (the ones that the hub oil seals run on) DON'T fit the Britpart/Allmakes items. They are made from poor quality mild steel and are soft as ****e. The surface might...

I used to fine tune each axle separately. I would clamp the rear brake line, go for a drive and get the fronts working well. Then clamp the fronts and get the rear working well. This also helps to diagnose where a problem is, worked for me...

Agree the adjusters need to properly set for a decent braking effort, but... The hydraulic pressure in the brake lines is felt equally throughout the whole system. If one shoe isn't adjusted up to the drum, that gap will be closed before any...

Yeah, they do that on all the 10" drums to a point. Not a problem in practice, you'll just find the brakes binding slightly when you're stationary and facing up a slight incline. You'll also feel it if you jack up the vehicle and try to turn a...

Have you got the lower sort6ing in the right place? It's possibly to do it wrong so it doesn't do much

Free as a bird. Will clean up anyway as its all in bits.

Make sure the pivot mechanism at the bottom of each shoe is moving freely. The often get overlooked.

Pretty sure it is but will triple check to make sure.

Feels like the spring in the Cylinder is overpowering the lower return spring. About to strip the cyls & see if there's anything untoward there. Steering & suspension is pretty much uptogether as all renewed 12Months ago.

Ours used to brake well and evenly, sounds like yours are working/set up incorrectly or you have worn suspension/steering components. I did find the aftermarket snail cams were pretty rubbish though for adjusting the shoes.

Thanks for that, both springs are on there (top one on leading shoe & bottom one between both shoes. Have chamfered the leading & trailing edges, pistons are free & move by hand easy enough. No dirt, dust or oil contamination that might cause...

These are dire... Never know which way your going to end up heading when the brakes are applied. Also found that the brakes bite/bind when reversing even without touching the pedal. Springs in the cylinders to strong & holding the trailing shoe...

The brakes you have should work well though, until you drive through water, then they need to dry out a bit. They shouldn't need an annual overhaul either though sums do need periodic adjustment

Sounds a good plan & could well be the most cost effective if i can find the parts. 11" all round or just the front? Kermit_rr, Thanks for the link to the disc conversion, if i fail with the 11" route will get on it. 😁👍

https://landyzone.co.uk/search/4431895/?q=drum+to+disc&o=relevance

Fit 11" drums and a servo.

Afternoon all! Guess this has been asked many times before but cant find any of them. Series 3 SWB, Brakes have never been much good & seem to need a refurb pretty much annually. Is it possible to fit disc brakes to the S3 axles? Has anyone done...