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dominic
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I was not happy with the look and build quality of the 'X' brake and had a brainstorming over the last 2 months with my engineering shop that makes a lot of my bits and pieces, we came up with this below - it uses the original brake drum turned into a smaller rotor for clearance, and a machined shoe assembly that holds a Willwood caliper, im going to fit this asap and see if it holds better than the existing drum - the spec's from the manufacturer of the caliper with the thickness and diameter of the rotor they reckon it should exceed the clamping force of the OEM drum - need to test it myself, whole thing is made of aluminum & stainless fasteners and we hit upon the idea of making the caliper free floating in guide rails to even pad wear and deal with endfloat of lifted trucks.
Im not sure what id ask to make more id like to field this out there it might be meaningless and OTT for some people other may be happy with the drum - personally i was fed up with catching it on breakovers and wanted something a little better, as said i have not fitted it yet and intend to soon and wanted to see what others thought and if they liked it would it be worth making more for others i can make this fit any truck that has a drum e-brake from Landy and Yota etc
Just want an honest opinion not a flaming session like the last legendary one and im not saying lookee me arnt i fooking brilliant just thought id have a go at designing something for my own rig and would like to know if others have considered it. Cheers Dom
Im not sure what id ask to make more id like to field this out there it might be meaningless and OTT for some people other may be happy with the drum - personally i was fed up with catching it on breakovers and wanted something a little better, as said i have not fitted it yet and intend to soon and wanted to see what others thought and if they liked it would it be worth making more for others i can make this fit any truck that has a drum e-brake from Landy and Yota etc
Just want an honest opinion not a flaming session like the last legendary one and im not saying lookee me arnt i fooking brilliant just thought id have a go at designing something for my own rig and would like to know if others have considered it. Cheers Dom