carnut
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| posted on 17/3/03 at 04:56 PM |
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Wilwood Brakes
Ive decided that im going to fit wilwood brakes to my Indy and just wondered if they do a kit that will bolt straight on to the sierra hubs front and
rear.
Also anyone know if they do a caliper with a handbrake lever in it for the rear. If not does SVA allow you to use a hydraulic handbrake or a valve to
to lock the rear brakes when the pedal is depressed.
Hope someone can help
Carnut
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kingr
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| posted on 17/3/03 at 05:00 PM |
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Don't know about the first question, but I'm fairly sure that wilwood don't do a cable handbrake rear caliper, and you can't use anything but a
cable for SVA and also MOT I think.
Kingr
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carnut
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| posted on 17/3/03 at 05:08 PM |
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How about if the handbrake works on the prop?
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Wadders
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| posted on 17/3/03 at 05:15 PM |
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If you want to use willwoods on the rear,you'll have to use seperate calipers for the handbrake, they do one called a "spot caliper" which is cable
operated.
rally design sell the whole range.
wadders
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ned
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| posted on 25/7/03 at 11:41 AM |
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Just searching and thought I'd drag this one out...
Carnut (or anyone else) have you got Wilwoods now or did you go a different route in the end?
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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carnut
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| posted on 26/7/03 at 05:36 PM |
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ive still got no brakes at all except for the old sierra ones in a box in the back of the garrage. Dont know what im going to do about brakes yet
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Wadders
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| posted on 27/7/03 at 10:19 AM |
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As an update, iv'e found the Wilwood mechanical spot calipers extremely hard to get working properly, after hours and hours of experimenting
with different cable setups and spring returns, i gave in, machined up 2 smaller disks which bolt between the diff/driveshaft flanges, bolted the
calipers directly to the diff and knocked up a rod linkage system to the handbrake lever. with this direct system iv'e managed to get the
calipers working,but only just, they're still far from perfect. Hand on heart i now wish i'd stuck with standard sierra brakes, the bike
disks/calipers work great and look cool, but the handbrake has been a complete nightmare.
Al.
]Originally posted by Wadders
If you want to use willwoods on the rear,you'll have to use seperate calipers for the handbrake, they do one called a "spot caliper"
which is cable operated.
rally design sell the whole range.
wadders [/quote
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ned
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| posted on 28/7/03 at 09:35 AM |
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I read somewhere an alternative is to use a line lock + lever in the rear hydraulic circuit to act as a handbrake. there was a loophole someone used
for getting though the mot i think. A guy called fat arnie on another forum said he's run without a handbrake since last millenium...
probably only an option once through the sva though.
I think i'll stick with standard rear brakes for sva then possibly uprate them after when funds are available and the cars on the road...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Rorty
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| posted on 29/7/03 at 07:11 AM |
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Wadders:
quote:
the bike disks/calipers work great and look cool, but the handbrake has been a complete nightmare.
Should have tried the rear caliper from a sport quad. They're cable and hydraulically operated.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
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