TJ - 8.8 e-brake questions

[rockdawg97124]

So, I've been fighting my e-brake for years now, and being a stick shift, I really want it working. It would make wheeling easier and better for me.

Part of my problem is having the 8.8 in the rear and trying to adapt the cables over to my e-brake setup. I know they make a kit for this. I have done this and it works, well kinda, but not on steep hills, in rocks and when the drum brakes get mud, or water in them.

Most of my problem is that the small drum brakes (used just for e-brake) are just to small to stop the tires I have (I'm running 39.5 swampers that are 15.5 wide).

So I think it would be better to have some setup that I can tap into my main brake line and use the rear disk's for an e-brake. Like line lock, but a manual way that I can use the e-brake handle to operate.

I have read several build threads and done searches on how others have done this. I’m posting in the non hard core area in hopes of not getting flamed. I’ve been on Pirate a long time. Nothing seems to be just what I'm looking for. This is also a street driven jeep.

Any suggestions other then getting a bigger axle

[Snowrydr01]

many people are going to sway you away from a line lock because they can lose pressure over time (thus why it is not usually a DOT option). But if you are looking for "extra" you may want to consider just using both systems?

Line lock for the immediate hold but your regular drum in hat ebrakes as your built in redundancy in case the line pressure dissipates?

Or you could get a pinion brake set up and somehow rig your one ebrake handle to work the rear ebrake and pinion ebrake at the same time? that would be pretty trick.

[CronusTRD]

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...ght=free+brake

basic idea.

[rockdawg97124]

Originally Posted by CronusTRD

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...ght=free+brake

basic idea.

Thanks, except the brake cables on the TJ’s don’t come through the firewall. They come out of the middle of the jeep toward the back of the jeep. I guess I could pass it though a number of pulley systems and make it work, but I question the setup and noise from the connectors would be on a street driven vehicle. It may be easier to just use a line lock at that point, but I am still messing with the main braking system and if I loose hydraulic line then neither will work. Still this is easy to do and I may try it if I don't get other ideas.

[GaryNSJersey]

this is how I did mine and it has worked perfect for almost a year so far http://www.nwjeepn.com/Axleswap4.html

[rockdawg97124]

MICO makes some good hydralic locks manual and electric, but VERY expensive.....

bout halfway down the page http://www.mico.com/store/brake_locks

This is kind of what I am looking for but for cheap and would work off of my ebrake handle.

[Snowrydr01]

Originally Posted by GaryNSJersey

this is how I did mine and it has worked perfect for almost a year so far http://www.nwjeepn.com/Axleswap4.html

I like this set up since the extended arm would be acting like a lever to get more clamping force.

My only concern would be about the throw it would take from the ebrake handle since you have to move it further.

any insight?

[3leggedog]

Originally Posted by rockdawg97124

MICO makes some good hydralic locks manual and electric, but VERY expensive.....

bout halfway down the page http://www.mico.com/store/brake_locks

This is kind of what I am looking for but for cheap and would work off of my ebrake handle.

That's very expensive..... I have a very similar problem. I have used $80 12 volt line lock kits for years on street cars. Very good very cheap, but coils fail and I cant get myself to use it as a parking brake on my jeep. I just saw a manual valve line lock-- ball valve-- on another thread that was like $120 I think. He piped it in to the cab. I have convinced my self that using both the E brake and the line lock will work for the trail. The manual line lock eliminates 1 more thing to go bad, when it counts, and leaves the mechanical E brake intact. Short of real upgrades I think this will keep the Jeep where I park it.