handbrake on l series

rob83ke70 · Post by **rob83ke70** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:35 pm

anyone with a brumby or l series fitted a handbrake on the rear wheels?

would it be easier to convert the rear brakes to incorporate a handbrake or just add a hydraulic handbrake to the rear?

i was thinking about a push type hydraulic handbrake mounted on the passengers side floor near the transmission tunnel with a long lever that you could reach from the drivers seat?

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:22 pm

whats the application? something other than stopping the car rolling away when you leave it parked on a hill? If not, just leave it as fronts.

I believe there is some model of nissan which has the same rear brake caliper as L series but with a connection for handbrake cable...but you'd have to upgrade to rear discs at a minimum. But you can swap the caliper.

Otherwise consider the Crossbred hub conversion kit, this converts you to the Liberty rear handbrake setup.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:00 am

I've found the front disc hand brake on my L the most effective hand brake of all the cars I've had myself - even my girlfriend's VT commodore's hand brake isn't as good as the L's cos it utalises a drum brake in the hub of the rear disc brake...

As andrew T has mentioned - either get the L rear disc brake setup and use a nissan rear caliper with the handbrake application or upgrade to the Crossbred performance.

Personally I don't see why a rear hand brake is necessary unless you want to do hand brake slides...

Cheers

Bennie