Reply With QuoteSome replace the hand brake with a disco or RRC version, or you can get a tapered spacer that tilts it further away from your leg.
Hi crew,
I am new to the forum and new to owning a defender. I have used them for years as I used them in the army, but it's nothing like owning one. I have a 2001 td5 and want to do some thing with the handbrake.
My question is has any one converted the park break in the defender to something else, or has shifted it?
I was thinking about an electric one out of a range rover
Any ideas please?
YarnMaster
Some replace the hand brake with a disco or RRC version, or you can get a tapered spacer that tilts it further away from your leg.
RoverLord
let me get this straight...
you want to take something thats simple effective and mechanical and convert it to something thats electrical, on a vehicle from a company thats primary failure history is electrical in the model that they managed to get oil to leak out of a computer.
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put it this way, If I had a car with an EPB I'd be wishing it was mechanical
you could try X-eng Disk Brake , one on my Defender its an awesome handbrake but they do rattle unless you sikaflex the pads in. (perhaps if the disc was honed it might be quieter )
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I'm sure there's a few Range Rover drivers who'd happily swap your mechanical unit for their elec ones.
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I bought one of them, and geez, the caliper is massive, it won't solve the problem I bought it for but I will end up using it on my Defender.Originally Posted by goingbush
put it this way, If I had a car with an EPB I'd be wishing it was mechanical
you could try X-eng Disk Brake , one on my Defender its an awesome handbrake but they do rattle unless you sikaflex the pads in. (perhaps if the disc was honed it might be quieter )
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A rip off/copy of the X-Eng one.
I generally don't support large companies that rip off designs from smaller, innovative ones.
Personally I don't have e problem with the standard drum brake either.
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SubscriberThe big question is - what are you actually trying to accomplish?
Dealing with the location of the brake handle ? (Just fit a RRC or Disco lever between the seats and re-route the existing cable).
Better/ more effective brake ? Disc Brake.
It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".
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And compare where the 'pistons' sit relative to the disc faces on each version......... I know which I'd prefer.
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