Thread: 101 disk brakes

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Simon

101 specific Zeus 101 Disc Brake Kit

This is for the front. The rears should be similar to a rear County Sals Drum to Disc conversion that has been listed on the forum a few times if you could get a six stud rotor.

The main reason you cannot use a modified Disco/RR/Defender front is the 101 swivel hubs are larger than other landies and the mounts for the calipers will not clear the hubs. The other issue is the 6 stud pattern and getting a rotor but there should be no real reason why a conversion to 5 stud should not be possible.

Garry

JUST HAVING THE FRONT DONE WOULD BE A PLUS. INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE KIT WOULD BE. GARRYCOL DID YOU GET YOUR REAR BRAKES SORTED ?

Originally Posted by garrycol

101 specific Zeus 101 Disc Brake Kit

This is for the front. The rears should be similar to a rear County Sals Drum to Disc conversion that has been listed on the forum a few times if you could get a six stud rotor. ...

...Garry

Garry

Couldn't you use the Zeuss front 101 rotor and a Zeuss rear caliper and mount from a series land rover on the rear of the 101? Or are the flanges on the end of the axle housing different?

Diana

Yep - new brake drums and oversize shoes did the trick - I now have a good pedal but like all landies adjusting them so the car does not pull from one side to another is an art. I am not going to worry about it for the moment and let the shoes bed in on my test drives around the block - then just for roadworthy time hopefully they will be bedded and I will only have to have one go at adjusting them.

I am also going to have a look at putting discs on the front but that will be a project for the another day.

Garry

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Garry

Couldn't you use the Zeuss front 101 rotor and a Zeuss rear caliper and mount from a series land rover on the rear of the 101? Or are the flanges on the end of the axle housing different?

Diana

Diana - I have never priced Zeus stuff as I have heard that their pricing is just over the top. Dodge - let us all know the costs when you find out.

I haven't done much investigation but I don't think the rears are an issue. Much the same as converting a drum county to discs using RR or Disco bits - with either a 5 stud rotor modified or one machined up.

If the front swivel housing was the same size as other landies then again disco or RR stuff would fit. I have not checked myself but I am told the 101 is larger because of its larger CVs. I guess if they did fit Zeus would not have gone to the effort of completely machining up new parts. Note to self - check size of 101 swivel hubs against the size of my series 1 swivel hubs.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

... Note to self - check size of 101 swivel hubs against the size of my series 1 swivel hubs.

Garry

Garry

Don't waste your time, I had a look under Ron's 101 and the 101 swivel balls are significantly larger than the series ones. Almost as much difference that there is between a tennis ball and a golf ball.

I found it interesting that in the Zeuss products they don't supply ventilated discs.

A friend and I have been looking at the engineering of this and we think there is another option. But to make it for just six maybe vehicles would it be worth doing?

So, we wondered ...

A big IF, there were a kit that was affordable and was retrofitted in the same way as the Zeus, how many people may be interested?

Steve