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X-Brake
thermidorthelobster:
Thanks, I hope so, I could have got half a Before-n-After for the price!
thermidorthelobster:
Fitting was delayed because it took a few days of faff to finally get all the bits I wanted (although x-eng were very apologetic about their cock-ups). But I fitted it earlier this week. I can't say it was the easiest job in practice, because of fiddly clearance issues around the exhaust, and the fact that I don't have a 2-post lift. But it does seem to work very well now it's fitted.
Range Rover Blues:
--- Quote from: tonycougar on December 29, 2007, 01:33:43 --- Somebody once told me they eventually go rusty due to them being a disc and not being used all the time, and hence cleaned all the time, like a normal disc brake.
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I'd think that wouldn't be a problem as it's a holding brake not a service brake, so a bit of rust probably makes it better.
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: Tommo on December 25, 2007, 23:51:02 ---I think the statement about it being used on large earthmoving equipment is a bit of a crazy thing to say though, because you dont know what it was doing. it certainly wasnt the hand brake thats for sure!
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It depends what you class as large, This is what we call a large wheel loader at work
I doubt however said the caliper came off a large earth mover had that in mind
The back hoe loaders on the over hand use a similare sized caliper as a hand brake.
It does look though like the caliper used by X-eng was designed for a bigger disc.
Tommo:
--- Quote from: clbarclay on January 13, 2008, 19:46:33 ---
--- Quote from: Tommo on December 25, 2007, 23:51:02 ---I think the statement about it being used on large earthmoving equipment is a bit of a crazy thing to say though, because you dont know what it was doing. it certainly wasnt the hand brake thats for sure!
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It depends what you class as large, This is what we call a large wheel loader at work
I doubt however said the caliper came off a large earth mover had that in mind
The back hoe loaders on the over hand use a similare sized caliper as a hand brake.
It does look though like the caliper used by X-eng was designed for a bigger disc.
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Yeah thats what i call large earthmoveing equipment as well. a JCB might be earth moving equipment, and it is quite large, but not large earth moving equipment!
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