From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 05 2005 - 06:13:26 PDT
A couple of results from googling "pinon brake":
* With an open carrier (or when the locker is disengaged), and with one
tire in the air, you will have no stopping power even with the pinion
stopped. The spider gears will do what they’re designed to do.
* In many areas, a pinion brake is illegal for street use.
* The rotor will be rather vulnerable. Even if it is 20+ inches off the
ground, there is still a chance of hitting it, and gouging or breaking it.
* Pinion brakes inherently negate the application of cutting brakes (the
application of an individual brake to lock one tire, to pivot around a
corner even tighter than the steering will allow)
The main downfall of pinion brakes is that you can pretty much kiss street
use goodbye. The pinion brake rotors spin 6.72 times faster than
wheel-mounted rotors would. They make a lot of heat when the brakes are
applied. If you plan to drive on the road, then USA 6x6 also offers several
street-friendly wheel-mounted disc kits for substantially more coin.
Arthur, the solution to this is to have the pinion brakes separate from the
service brakes.
I'm gonna shut up now.
Bjorn
MVPA19212
The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
>From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Pinion brakes
>Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 18:20:38 -0400
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>The line is TEE'd into the hydraulic service line at the rear differential.
>You need to buy a short hose. (Some of you may already have a short hose,
>but that's a subject for another forum.) The bracket is bolted on, and the
>caliper is bolted to the bracket. About a 30 minute job.
>
>apb
>
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>Subject: [MV] Pinion brakes
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> > How are they plumbed Art?
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