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smaller handbrake drum?

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:27 pm
by andrew e
what model lt 230 had a smaller diameter handbrake drum than a 95 disco?

Andy

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:44 pm
by ISUZUROVER
I thought they (LT230) were all the same?
I can measure the size of the drum on my '87 county if you want.

What are the dimensions of the disco one?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:02 pm
by Bush65
It may be possible to fit an LT95 handbrake, if you need a smaller drum.

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:56 pm
by andrew e
Bush65 wrote:It may be possible to fit an LT95 handbrake, if you need a smaller drum.
may have to do this. i know that late model defenders have thinner handbrakes, mabe they are all the same diameter.

Andy

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:20 am
by nairbo
Bush65 wrote:It may be possible to fit an LT95 handbrake, if you need a smaller drum.
Has anyone done this ? What is involved ?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:54 am
by andrew e
still havent done the conversion. got a disc brake off a subaru instead.

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:34 pm
by bushy555
Ande is gonna do something along the lines of:
http://www.angelfire.com/blog/bushy560/x-brake.html
...but way better and nicer.

Laugh at my welding abilities from my $99 GMC stick.

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:46 pm
by shakes
bushy555 wrote: Laugh at my welding abilities from my $99 GMC stick.
blame the machine :finger:

nice writeup, thanks