Hand brake conversion

Hand brake conversion

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cerb500

Original Poster:

8 posts

103 months

Monday 19th October 2020
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Hi all, has anybody converted the hand brake from in disc shoes to calipers?

vxr2010

2,565 posts

159 months

Monday 19th October 2020
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not saying it’s impossible , but considering how rare callipers are (standard or AP ) for these i think it would be an expensive thing to do , any reason why you want to change it ? they are a bit of an on off device but they do work , come mot time i explain to them how it works , i think i saw a mot failure sheet on here the issue being excessive hand brake bite , that’s a garage that does not know it’s stuff

maccavvy

660 posts

164 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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never seen anyone do it. wilwood do spot calipers , then youll need custom brackets, custom cables . to gain what ??

stevieturbo

17,260 posts

247 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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Unless you're using an OEM caliper....most aftermarket handbrake calipers are ste.

Hell, even a lot of OEM calipers ain't that great. Shoes usually grab better.

monkfish1

11,049 posts

224 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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cerb500 said:
Hi all, has anybody converted the hand brake from in disc shoes to calipers?
Why would you want too?