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Superior Engineering Transmission Brake

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Superior Engineering Transmission Brake

Post by Grublux »

Just seeing who is using Superior Engineering's Transmission Brake on their driveline and how effective it is? Also is it as easy to fit as they say? Can the disc get damaged in any way?
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Post by chunderlicious »

check out pirate, heaps of guys use transfer brakes, they will get damaged if it gets hit, it does sit above the bottom of the transfer, and it wont shag out anywhere near as quick. from what ive seen it is pretty (for me) easy to fit up.
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Post by benhl »

I'm considering the same thing, does anyone make one of these any cheaper than SE? the truck hardly gets run these days and has been without a handbrake for some time now but do relly need it. Any ideas on alternatives, home made ones, or 2nd hand ones out there??

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Post by Shadow »

The superior one is a disc brake, only OEM ones i have seen are drum brakes as a drum has a better mechanical advantage than a disc brake setup.


Also worth noting if you have an open centre (air locker?) the transfer brake will be effectively only holding one wheel, so if you were one wheel on grass your car would very easily slide/roll away.
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Post by sierrajim »

Shadow wrote:The superior one is a disc brake, only OEM ones i have seen are drum brakes as a drum has a better mechanical advantage than a disc brake setup.


Also worth noting if you have an open centre (air locker?) the transfer brake will be effectively only holding one wheel, so if you were one wheel on grass your car would very easily slide/roll away.
Drum brakes when clean and new do have a mechanical advantage, when they're full of mud, water etc they do not.
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Post by Gribble »

Fitted one of these to Drop Bears lux, they are VERY strong, make sure you set them up right and they work brilliantly.

And yes, dont forget that if the rear diff is open/lsd it can slide off but it did odds are your normal handbrake wouldn't work on the same surface anyway.
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Post by mud4b »

i could make one of these.

i made one for my mud4b for the t-case, i could not see a hilux being too much different.
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Post by maitlandboy »

I put the supperior handbreak on my lux ( runs GQ diffs ).
Was pretty easy to put on, but you need to tinker with it to set it up to work properly.
Great piece of engineering, really happy with it.
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