Thread: Disc Brake Conversion.

So when's the part arriving

Adam

Originally Posted by TJWA

Interesting piece - thanks for posting it Travis.

When you get them re-made, ask them if they can counter-bore the bolt holes (large enough to take a socket for the bolts) this will look a lot better than the milled slots and be quicker to do as well.

Keep a copy of your technical drawing, or a spare one in case you want to make more,

Cheers Charlie

G'day TJWA, I'm really interested in this mod, would you be able to get a few more made up?

Originally Posted by dolphint

G'day TJWA, I'm really interested in this mod, would you be able to get a few more made up?

ME TO..Whats would it be worth to have sme made up like a baulk lot maybe..

Originally Posted by banjo

ME TO..Whats would it be worth to have sme made up like a baulk lot maybe..

The local machinist has quoted me $150 each. I'm getting one made and will post a photo.

Are they both the same for each side , just inverted..

Originally Posted by isuzurover

<snip>The biggest disadvantage with drums are when you need to drive through water offroad... I had a very scary moment on a steep hill climb after a creek crossing - loss of traction - foot on clutch and brakes to quickly shift to reverse low to go back down - before I could blink the landie had slid back into the creek - despite me standing on the brake as hard as humanly possible.

If your vehicle was a 109 there is a particular design flaw on top of the wet brakes that can lead to the problem you experienced. With double leading shoes on the front and leading trailing on the rear of a 109, you effectively only have 1 wet leading shoe trying to stop you in reverse.

A Sydney series 109 enthusiast has fitted front brake assemblies to the rear swapping sides, so that he has a front RHS assembly on the rear LHS and front LHS on rear RHS. This means he has four leading shoes in whichever way he is braking and the innefficiency of the leading shoes braking in the wrong direction prevents brake lock up of the axle at the oposite end of the direction of braking.

Diana

I swapped Disco axles out to fit a Series 109 chassis.







Yes there is a slight lowering effect by running the coil axles in a leaf arrangement (around an ince) due to clearance issues with the drag link but, as having experienced braking and doing a 180degree stop becuase a shoe grabbed I was prepared for this.

I'm not going to be 4x4ing in the 109 much at all and will mainly be doing parade work, and the odd club run.

Cheers

Rich