[ROVER Cabby]

Had rear discs on my Mk6 Escort Cabby, my Vecrtra, Mondeo and MGF, the handbrakes were rubbish, never had any issues
with the drums on my 25 and Cabby plus many others.

Handbrake on my Astra with rear discs is good though.

[Johnny 216GSi]

It just doesn't bite nearly as tight as the drum did (based on my cabby).

Still more than enough but i bet i could have done a handbrake turn on drums, no chance on the discs and all mine where new kit, caliper, pad, disc and handbrake cable.

How does the cable do it's job? On the drums you've got the cylinder at the top and the handbrake cable pulls the shoes in at the bottom.

On discs, you've only got the callipers. Does it mechanically pull the two pads together just like the calliper does?

[RoverRevival]

basically this






The drip tray was oil, coolant and brake fluid mixed.....yummy

[RoverRevival]

you can also see in the last pic that there are no holes for the calipers to attach

[ROVER Cabby]

K-Series Mayo with a drizzle of Brake Fluid and some brick for texture, that's as good as the food gets at Castle Dist.

[JOHNDQ]

If you have discs on a Escort you were probably using the Focus or Sierra calipers which were one of the worse ever made, the Escort if fitted with discs (non Cosworth) had brake shoes inside the disc which will lock wheels at any speed on another note my ZS and ZR have discs on back and the handbrake is really good, heard the car on the burn out strip and Santa Pod no trouble as shown at 4:20 against the Mk7 Golf GTI

https://youtu.be/y3QTSaii_Qk

[pkronic]

your call

i think they look pretty, not arsed how they work

http://218vvccabriolet.blogspot.co.uk/2 ... rsion.html

*laughs* they doo look pretty but majority of changes i make are for performance *laughs*

[961tat]

you can also use rear trailing arm , disc etc of a rover 45 .

[RoverRevival]

do the handbrake cables fit too from a 45?

[961tat]

Good point , will up date when I have done this , but I know the rest fits , the front end on the 45 is not the same .