Line Locks - Legal as a handbrake ?

[chevy-stu]

Due to trying to find an affordable decent rear brake conversion I am toying with the idea of using a line lock, as used on drag cars hot rods etc to do burnouts, instead of a handbrake..

Anyone know if this would be MOT legal.. ???

[s3fella]

I dont think it will be. I think a handbrake needs to be a mechanical operation I think and independent of the hydraulic circuit in case it fails or is cut etc.

Of course if a conventional lever operated your line lock knobs, would the tester know?

[RJDM3]

No they are not legal. You must have a seperate parking brake operated either manually or electronically.

[chevy-stu]

RJDM3 said:

No they are not legal. You must have a seperate parking brake operated either manually or electronically.

yep, that's what I thought..

damn, back to the drawing board..


(.... how about a ships anchor and length of chain.. ?)

[T89 Callan]

you could shove a broom handle through your wheel spokes?

[OllieWinchester]

Just carry a couple of bricks to use as chocks. Might make hill starts tricky perhaps...

[dugt]

OllieWinchester said:

Just carry a couple of bricks to use as chocks. Might make hill starts tricky perhaps...

Tie some rope to the bricks?

Or the broom handle to the bricks, then you can put it out he window when you stop, and retreve it when you set off.

Im not helping am I?

[XG332]

dugt said:

OllieWinchester said:

Just carry a couple of bricks to use as chocks. Might make hill starts tricky perhaps...

Tie some rope to the bricks?

Or the broom handle to the bricks, then you can put it out he window when you stop, and retreve it when you set off.

Im not helping am I?

Makes me think of this.

[davhill]

I put a hydraulic handbrake on my Ram Cobra replica, with a compression sping on the kosher XJ6 handbrake cable. This made the mechanical brake appear to work.
The MOT tester wanted to know how I'd made a Jaguar handbrake work so well!
Maybe you could mock up a 'front handbrake' similarly?

Edited by davhill on Wednesday 2nd June 02:58