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RRC axles into a 90

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L90OOK:

--- Quote from: "Xtremeteam" ---just fit the 90 calipers on the front
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...& fit slotted & drilled discs...work very well  :wink:

biggerlandy:
make two new metal pipes up going into a t piece for flexi pipe

bigfatsi:

--- Quote from: "biggerlandy" ---make two new metal pipes up going into a t piece for flexi pipe
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I think I'm going to try something similiar. I have been told that I can connect the existing brake pipes to one of the flexies on each side , with the other one going around the bulkhead and attaching to the corresponding flexy on the other side. I'll use a T piece on the rear axle. I've got access to a brake tester so I can check them out before I endanger anyone else! Anyone else tried this?

On a slightly different note, I have noticed that the top of the swivel unit (where the railco bush and shims goes) looks different on the RRC axle to the 90. The RRC one has what can only be described as a hole on the top which obviously opens it up for all sorts of crap to get in. Is there something missing? Rubber bung etc etc? I'm a bit worried that I'll fill it with mud!

Cheers!


Simon

biggerlandy:
hole in top is for abs sencsor  remove put your one in place from axle it is swivel pin so check and adjust free play if needed

Range Rover Blues:
The RRC all had dual circuit callipers, whether vented or not.  The Disco on the other had did not, the solid disks certainly were single circuit and I'm not sure about the vented disks either.

Anyway, if the callipers are good then a 'T' piece would be a suitable solution.  One of the considerations with non-factory combinations is the capacity of primary and secondary circuits.

In the RRC the primary id the top half of the front callipers only, the secondary is the bottom half and the back brakes

On the disco the whole of the fronts arte the primary, again the rears (on their own) are the secondary.

Cleary there is a difference in the amount of fluid displaced in either sytem, I can't say whether the master cylinder is the same or not on non-ABS cars but on ABS cars they are totaly different anyway.

Otherwise you will probably find the castings are all the same and you can buy vented disk conversions (spacers) for any LR, the vented disk callipers were spaced on factory fitted parts anyway.

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