Jaguar versus Rover 2000 dunlop brakes.

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j_radcliffe

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The handbrake on my 66 Rover 2000 do not work that well. I did improve them by fiddling about with the adjuster bolt. While doing this, I noticed that the retractor plate forks were broken. I have found something very similar on ebay, for and E type jaguar. Does anyone know if the are the same part, or should it fit and work even if it is different?

http://cgi.ebay.com/JAGUAR-DAIMLER-MARK ... 483eef92f4

I am some confused as the diagrams in my Rover workshop manual and the Rover parts manual show a different part here. The part in the Rover shop manual published in 1977 shows a part very similar to the above ebay listing. The parts manual states that this part was changed at one stage, and list a kit to convert earlier models to the floating articulated type of retraction plate. It seems that the Jag type is the older type.

Another tip for handbrakes. Do not discover that they handbrake does not work, by having your Rover roll down the sloping driveway into your daily driver. This happened to me, and I had to get hold of a new bumper the the Rover. The Hyundai that it ran into has now been retired to the scrappers yard!

Any tips on these handbrakes would be helpful.

James.
 
I went ahead and bought the Jaguar retraction plate off ebay, and an adjuster as well. I bought some Jaguar hand brake pads from Rockauto.com All the Jag parts fitted fine, the brake pads were worn down a lot. To fit I removed the whole handbrake caliper. This was necessary to fit the new traction fork. I think someone must have liked doing hand brake stops in the past due to the excessive wear on the pads. Those pads should not wear much at all if only used once stationary. The excessive wear is what caused the retraction forks to break.

James.
 
I have rebuilt my Dunlop brakes & found that my replacement Jaguar retraction forks were a few mm too broad to fit the bolts, so ended up having some slightly narrower ones specially made :oops:

I did however obtain some useful new Dunlop spares from eBay relatively cheaply, so you win some, you lose some!
 
Phil Robson said:
I have rebuilt my Dunlop brakes & found that my replacement Jaguar retraction forks were a few mm too broad to fit the bolts, so ended up having some slightly narrower ones specially made :oops:

I did however obtain some useful new Dunlop spares from eBay relatively cheaply, so you win some, you lose some!
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That's why I'm glad my 64 2000 has Girling brakes.. now just have to do something with the E-type :)
 
I don't agree, Chris. To the extent that I have a set of Dunlop rears in the garage ready to modify Lucky's diff to take them next time the Girlings misbehave. The key factor for me is that you can get competition pads for the Dunlop calipers where you can't for the Girlings. I also don't fancy tackling the intricacies of the Girling adjusters on a regular basis. My own view is that the only satisfactory way of doing it is to have the calipers off - easy with a lift, not so with a trolley jack!

How did 179 come to have Girlings? Were they fitted before it left the factory? If not I think you really ought to restore originality... 8)

Chris
 
chrisyork said:
How did 179 come to have Girlings? Were they fitted before it left the factory? If not I think you really ought to restore originality... 8)

Chris
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I agree. My 65 had Dunlops, the 68's Girling
 
chrisyork said:
How did 179 come to have Girlings? Were they fitted before it left the factory? If not I think you really ought to restore originality... 8)

Chris
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They were fitted by the factory in around '67, along with a Rally diff and gearbox, and the later steering box - quite nice really :)


Chris
 
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