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Obarno wrote: Funnily enough I have just altered the bracket on mine for the very reason the back brakes aren't doing much. Last time it was MOT'd they didn't do much at all. I have a 3" lift so I have extended the spring bracket by 3" so the spring is not now under any tension and pushes the leaver on the valve back to where it was. Not sure it makes much difference but makes me think it should!
Thanks for the info all . Obarno, Do you have any photos of the bracket? I think I will fabricate one this weekend and would be great to see one already done and fitted.
Hi Adam - its very simple really just a piece of 4mm strip with a hole at each end 3 inches apart. The bottom hole is offset slightly so that the strip locates against the lip on the original bracket. It seems perfectly strong. The part the spring fits on to unbolts. I have attached a couple of pics - if I had known when I made it that it was going to be photo'd I would have painted it!
Have fun - Peter
Manual VVT, 2 1/2" lift, ORA castor corrected arms, 2" ORA body lift, 4:1 transfer box, Uprated front shafts & CVs ERM , ARBs back & front 3.9 diffs, 6 point cage, ORA winch bumper - Superwinch EP9, ORA rear bumper, ORA axle truses, Diff guards ERM , TBR tank guard, Snorkel, Kumho KL71.30.9.50 15
Obarno wrote: Hi Adam - its very simple really just a piece of 4mm strip with a hole at each end 3 inches apart. The bottom hole is offset slightly so that the strip locates against the lip on the original bracket. It seems perfectly strong. The part the spring fits on to unbolts. I have attached a couple of pics - if I had known when I made it that it was going to be photo'd I would have painted it!
Have fun - Peter
Thanks for the photos Peter! Looks very straight forward so I think I'll make one this weekend . Did you notice your braking power increase after you fitted it?
Hi Adam - I noticed two things after fiting it - the brake performance was definitely better and also the pedal felt better too - a bit firmer. Hope it works ok for yours - Peter
Manual VVT, 2 1/2" lift, ORA castor corrected arms, 2" ORA body lift, 4:1 transfer box, Uprated front shafts & CVs ERM , ARBs back & front 3.9 diffs, 6 point cage, ORA winch bumper - Superwinch EP9, ORA rear bumper, ORA axle truses, Diff guards ERM , TBR tank guard, Snorkel, Kumho KL71.30.9.50 15
I've made my bracket which was very straight forward and have noticed 2 things:
1) My brakes are better
2) My Steering wobble has reduced significantly !!
I haven't got a clue why doing something to the rear brakes would reduce the wobble, it is most probably just a coincidence but it is now much better to drive .
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. Obarno, Do you have any photos of the bracket? I think I will fabricate one this weekend and would be great to see one already done and fitted.
