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X-Brake

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diggerdog36:
Im sick of fixing my hand brake and looking at getting one., but are there any down sides to the X-Brake (apart from the price)??

4x4spud:
the price
but if you look past that they seem first class i am buying one in the new year

Mareng:
its a good bit of kit..

It held even when i revd the engine and dumped the clutch whilst the centre diff was locked and I was in low box reverse......

Managed to bend the back plate and twist the disc, but it held....

Just need to machine the disc straight and all will be well with the world again.

Saffy:
I think there might be issues if I wanted one , later handbrake mechanism and PTO winch. Though they say there is a model suitable I am confused and  from description it hangs lower than normal x brake?

Tommo:
i still cant help thinking that when ive grounded out as i always do, the handbrake drum is always the thing that hits the ground. wouldnt this bend/break a disk?

if it bent it i would be cream crackkered with out any tools. my landy would be going no where.

im still in favour of a well set up drum. getting a bit nit picky now but as an emergency brake i would also far prefer the drum. the land rover drum is pretty big. and the x brake isnt. sounds daft but i have relyed on the hand brake in the past when ive lost vacuum and if your careful it can be effective. you have to be careful though because if your not then it doesent do your engine/gearbox mountings any good.

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