NinjaMekanik Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Hey all Wondering if anyone has done any hydraulic handbrake set ups. Main reason i ask is to see how it performs with drums on the rear. I can hook it up all good just don't know if its going to be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corollaart Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 They work fine ,just make sure the wheel cylinders and linings are good condition. They are illegal in a road car but youre not going to do that are you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono.C Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 They're not necessarily illegal if you have the factory cable handbrake as well. If you remove that then they're illegal. Mate got pulled over and all they wanted to see was that the original one still worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMekanik Posted September 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 They work fine ,just make sure the wheel cylinders and linings are good condition. They are illegal in a road car but youre not going to do that are you. Both new so should be sweet then. yeah i was going to try to have it sitting next to the standard one as long as it will be comfortable to use. If not ill just use hydro... not going to drive it too much on the road anyway. Cheers for comments :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Go on.. put a tall vertical lever up by the dash like the WRC cars run! Frame it onto the side of the trans tunnel by your left leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Go on.. put a tall vertical lever up by the dash like the WRC cars run! Frame it onto the side of the trans tunnel by your left leg. I did this to my old ke55 rally car. worked a treat!! It will definitely be the 1st thing I put back into the rebuilt one :) Photos here : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMekanik Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I did this to my old ke55 rally car. worked a treat!! It will definitely be the 1st thing I put back into the rebuilt one :) Photos here : Looks alrite might be a plan. How did that activate, forwards or backwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot35 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 It's up to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMekanik Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Sweet got my hydro handbrake. Just need to plumb in and mount. Hey SatNav do you have any pictures of how you had yours mounted? Saw you rolled old Spike :sob: Sorry to hear that mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMekanik Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Fitted my handbrake and now normal brakes don't work hmmm. No matter what i did i couldnt get it bled started at lhr pumped like 500ml of brake fluid and kept coming out airated..... Pulled the master cylinder off gonna get it reco'd. Hoping thats it. Any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMekanik Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 All good after master cylinder redone. Bled up sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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