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Brakes
By: Edwin Foden Date: July 11, 2016, 10:26 am
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Hi
I have some series hubs on a trailer which I'd like to make have
a handbrake.
Any good ideas how to do so?
I was wandering about if there are any cable operated actuators
that might fit landrover brakes? I'd think it beneficial not to
go to the length of having hydraulics on it just for a parking
brake.
Cheers
Edwin Foden
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Re: Brakes
By: Peter de Dawg Date: July 11, 2016, 2:55 pm
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You may find yourself designing / fabricating some kind of lever
operated cam device that acts on the shoes type of thing, which
could then be cable, or rod operated...
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Re: Brakes
By: D4B Date: July 12, 2016, 7:18 am
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Perhaps you could adapt something like these:
HTML http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-Knott-brake-expanders-for-203-x40-200-x-50-250-x-40-trailer-brake-parts-/291801362817?hash=item43f0b77181:g:TAMAAOSwk5FUs7wQ
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Re: Brakes
By: rangerovering Date: July 14, 2016, 9:18 am
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Hydraulic brakes would be pretty easy if you have a spare
clutch master cylinder >Htlr<
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Re: Brakes
By: w3526602 Date: August 26, 2016, 5:02 pm
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Hi,
A can of worms.
Unless the trailer is more than about 20 years old, brakes must
be capable of auto-reversing, and you cannot convert car/truck
brakes to do this. Investigate the legislation. There is a lot
more.
If you have only a Cat.B licence, you can only drive a car and
trailer combination up to 3500kg MGW (not actual weight). If
your MGW exceeds that, you do not have a licence to drive it. No
licence = no insurance.
Type approval now includes DIY built trailers ... they now need
an SVA.
I don't think hydraulics brakes are allowed on a trailer ... but
might be wrong. Ask Google. Electric brakes (on American
trailers) are not allowed in UK.
It's a minefield, do a lot of research ... then do some more.
602
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Re: Brakes
By: w3526602 Date: August 30, 2016, 4:15 pm
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Hi,
Oh ... OK ... if you must ...
If you can find a pair of back plates from an early S2 109", 11"
rear brakes ... complete with wheel cylinders and wedge-type
adjusters and shoes, probably £20 upwards off Ebay you may have
a chance. I don't know if S1 107/109 rear brakes are similar.
???
I'm guessing that the top cover can be removed from the wheel
cylinders, revealing a flat cam-plate that would originally have
been pulled by a rod or cable. The extension for the rod/cable
has been cut of the Land Rover item. It should not be difficult
to cut a new cam plate out of flat bar.
I think S2A linings will fit the S2 brakes, with the adjuster
pillars being redundant.
I think one of the Rover cars, perhaps the P5 uses similar wheel
cylinders, with attachments for cable/rods. The pistons are
smaller diameter ... but you will not be using hydraulics, so
irrelevant. Even knackered/seized wheel cylinders will suit your
purpose.
Rover parts are expensive compared with Land Rover. I don't know
if Rover wheel cylinders will fit Land Rove back plates.
All the above is guess work, but if you are determined, it might
be worth investigating.
602
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