handbrake, is this normal?

Hey again lol,

Just a bit of advice needed as mot coming up.. when on a hill, if i stop and apply the handbrake, as soon as i lift my foot of the break pedal the landrover moves back an inch or so before it stops. is this normal??

Yes.

YES. Your landy has a prop brake.

LOL, freaked me out the first time it did that

yep they all do it thats what happens when your truck weighs almost two ton

Its always worth reminding the mot tester of this...he may look at you and say 'dont tell me how to do my job'..but its not unknown for a landy to have its handbrake tested on a rolling road in a moment of 'epic fail'...

This is only funny if its not your landy..

I was just thinking they are probably not very good for handbrake turns

Savage said:

yep they all do it thats what happens when your truck weighs almost two ton

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Mitsubishi canters are 7.5 ton trucks and they have prop brakes too. You should see the look on peoples faces when yer park a recovery truck version of em on a hill and start winching the vehicle onto the back with it rocking like fook.

handbrake turns could be very expensive if you tried it

Tuskenraider said:

I was just thinking they are probably not very good for handbrake turns

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bobbler said:

handbrake turns could be very expensive if you tried it

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[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1gVHmhQHco"]YouTube - Handbrake turn in a 110 Defender Land rover? Possible?[/nomedia]

lol thanks guys

Mine does it too - makes it a pain hitching up heavy trailers.

Rolling back! well well I never knew that.. that's what you get with 23 years of driving auto's

my handbrake is shot and i'm fed up of rebuilding it.

i'm saving up/waiting for the right moment for an x-eng disc conversion.

i have no handbrake for hill starts when offroading so have to kinda heel and toe it, with big boots on, which are covered in mud.

lol

You can't do J turns either, although that doesn't stop everyone trying!!

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0IB4NqypHg"]YouTube - Putting Jizzy back on it's wheels[/nomedia]

Here's one [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOMx_OQRLaA"]YouTube - Jonny Dixon performing handbrake turns![/nomedia]

ratty said:

YES. Your landy has a prop brake.

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Worried me the first time i did that! lol!

Question, when you say prop brake is that a proper brake or another term?

H

It means the brake operates on the propshaft not the wheel..

landysmith said:

Question, when you say prop brake is that a proper brake or another term?

H

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the quality of noobs is getting better, i see.

The Mad Hat Man said:

the quality of noobs is getting better, i see.

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aye its a goodun' that