series 3 disc brakes

hello silly question how do i go about up grading to full disc brakes all round ? ...what is involved ..is it s symple bolt on kit or is it a axle swop.? ...any info much apreciated ...cheers benny

Why?

the drum brakes are a little vague .........

What ya wearin ballet shoes?

TheVengefulElephant said:

What ya wearin ballet shoes?

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yep and the tootoo ......just found the drum's not as good as the disc's in my opinion ......

hee hee

I think its a new axle jobbie

TheVengefulElephant said:

hee hee

I think its a new axle jobbie

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ahh pooh .....cash wont stretch that far so new shoes and drums all round it is then ..and maybe a few hub seals while im there .... cheers

Rocky Mountain do a Disc Brake conversion, but it's about £600

To be honest, if you want discs, get a 90

Have you got a servo? Might help a bit. Try overhauling with new shoes and slave cylinders first though

Whats yer current set up? Pre-1981 88's had 10" drums with single leading shoe, if you got that then you could upgrade to the 11" Twin leading shoe arrangement used on 109's and late 88's, this'll give you a slight improvement, more so if you put a servo in, which is easy if you got a petrol engine.

Otherwise, like Jmattley says you probably best off going for a defender, then u get other "luxuries" like power steering, coil springs and 5 gears

ok boys cheers for the replys ..ive got a mid 81 car fitted with a servo so i would think ive got the bigger brake set up .... but im goona look into doing the job myself on the cheap ...(not bodged just cheap) ...

are the shoes set right?

I.E. square to drum?

iannotts said:

are the shoes set right?

I.E. square to drum?

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i was going to check these this weekend .and set them up corectly ..but seeing as my rear main has poped and oil is now filling the drive ..it will have to waite awhile lol...

they shud be good if set rite

hahahah servo in series = ****. just give the pedal a big shove with your foot! put new shoes and pads in and adjust the correctly should make them ok, always will be a tad vague its an old landy....

bennybenny said:

hello silly question how do i go about up grading to full disc brakes all round ? ...what is involved ..is it s symple bolt on kit or is it a axle swop.? ...any info much apreciated ...cheers benny

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If you are tempted fit discs on the cheap by swapping to coiler axles, the man to talk to is 'TheSmiths88'. He's fitted a discovery front axle onto a 2A. It sounds like quite a difficult job to me as the track rod goes behind the axle and under the diff; The consequence of this is that the leaf springs get in the way of the track rod. I think he's got round the problem by using 1 ton shackles and spacers between the axle and the spring, so that the axle is at the original height but the springs are lower down.

iv got a late s3 with twin cylinders on and i think mine are very good compaired to my mates early s3 with single ones on mines also got a servo on but dont think its makes the slightest big of difference

mickdj said:

iv got a late s3 with twin cylinders on and i think mine are very good compaired to my mates early s3 with single ones on mines also got a servo on but dont think its makes the slightest big of difference

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Perhaps the diaphram in the servo is broken or some of the pipework.