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Old 21 Apr 2015, 15:59 (Ref:3529724)   #18
Tim Falce
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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER View Post
why bother with rear disc brakes at all ! especially those that are used for parking as when the discs cool down and contract the cars can (and do) run away on a decent hill, whereas a drum will contract and actually get tighter ! and the tiny drum in disc type isn't that marvelous !
It would never happen on a Jaguar IRS as the handbrake would never hold in the first place.

My Landcruiser has drum in disc handbrake and the only time they work is the first pull after I've adjusted the shoes, then the cable stretches a bit more and they don't work any more.
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