Just replaced the whole braking system on IZZY. All genuine land rover including all brake backplates , shoes, master cylinder and Servo except used all makes drums and Borg and Beck slaves
Front brakes are now stage 1 V8.
She now stops!
New brakes for Dormobile
- RMS
- Posts: 2236
- Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:02 am
- Location: Near Wakefield, UK, in God's own Country!
Re: New brakes for Dormobile
Hi Bob,
Yes, we've got 6 pot front brakes on a couple of our Carawagons, and they are very effective.
However, I've still got standard 4 pot front brakes on another (with servo), and I can still lock them up in an emergency stop, as demonstrated on the way back from our last pub meet when a car pulled out from a side street, between parked cars, and "didn't see me"
I left a couple of nice black marks on the road, and a frightened driver who suddenly saw me bearing down on him - I came to a stop just a couple of feet away from his driver's door
He's probably very lucky I've got Michelin Latitude tyres on that one, and not the old Avon Rangemasters I used to have!
Robin.
Yes, we've got 6 pot front brakes on a couple of our Carawagons, and they are very effective.
However, I've still got standard 4 pot front brakes on another (with servo), and I can still lock them up in an emergency stop, as demonstrated on the way back from our last pub meet when a car pulled out from a side street, between parked cars, and "didn't see me"
I left a couple of nice black marks on the road, and a frightened driver who suddenly saw me bearing down on him - I came to a stop just a couple of feet away from his driver's door
He's probably very lucky I've got Michelin Latitude tyres on that one, and not the old Avon Rangemasters I used to have!
Robin.
1967 109" Carawagon 200TDi
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
Re: New brakes for Dormobile
Cheers Robin. Just need to sort gearbox and new leaf springs now