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Tue May 11, 2004 11:13 pm

I was just screwing around the other day and I cut my e brake in half so it will pull either side. Yeah thats right it actually works I just ran the angle cutter down the spine of the ebrake and now I have Two ebrakes (One for each wheel) Only I don't recomend doing that because they are substantially weaker. I Tried really laying into a corner and I bent the Left one already.

That being said my quetion is: What do you do for stearing breaks? Fab your own? Has anyone tried the pre maid ones? Whats the advantage of cable vs: Hydrolic?

thanks
-Chris
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Wed May 12, 2004 5:55 am

I've seen a couple of old school buggies that had dual handled cutting brakes that utilized the e-brake cables. It would work, but not very good.

I put a Jamar Hydraulic single handled cutting brake on my old single seater Funco. It didn't work very good at all, because of the drum brakes. It required lots of pressure to lock up a wheel.

To really get the intended use out of cutting brakes, I believe rear discs are essential.

Wed May 12, 2004 10:43 am

most of the cars using them are sand cars with no front brakes and rear discs. also, wouldnt hydraulic offer more pressure than cable?

Wed May 12, 2004 10:55 am

HamburgerBrad wrote: most of the cars using them are sand cars with no front brakes and rear discs. also, wouldnt hydraulic offer more pressure than cable?

Sure! But, from my experience, if being able to turn with cutting brakes while under power is what you're after, drum brakes will not give you the effect like rear discs will. It is like night and day.

Woods buggies also use them negotiating tight turns in between trees.

Wed May 12, 2004 10:59 am

maybe i should look into a set of those. my buggy has a terribly long wheelbase

Fri May 21, 2004 4:36 pm

Cable operated stearings Brakes have the problem of the cables getting caught on every stick and rock. They get puled out by there roots. Best get the Hydrilic ones. Vic More on Brakes See-> http://www.1800vw.bizhosting.com/brakehowto.htm

Fri May 21, 2004 5:55 pm

If you are going to use steering brakes with a rear drum setup, put a residual pressure valve in the system. This is a sort of check valve that keeps the shoes out against the drum, but not so tight as to drag the brakes. The 10# version works great for drum systems. The 2# is good for rear disc systems. Keeps the pads against the rotors and has the same effect as the drum version.