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I have had some problems with my brakes - but this is now solved. Here is some top tips to help if you develop a leak!!

The brakes are very easy to recondition yourself. The pistons come out the bores easily and you simply clean the bores with very fine wet and dry sand paper (maybe 1000 grit)

Then you place in the new seals (they are simple flat rubber cups.)

You can buy them from Powertrack ltd

http://www.powertrackbrakes.co.uk/

They are very helpful and the cost is only a few pounds for a pair.

The cups pop back in, you bleed the system and hay presto! good as new.

You really do have to remove the wheel cylinders from the vehicle, but they can be done in situ.

If you do remove the cylinder you willl have to slaken off the back plate bolts (about to move the backing plate forwards so you can undo the attachement bolts iat the back of the cylinder (you cant get at them with a spanner to remove unless you do this first!

Good luck.

Powertrack say they can get new cylinders but they are about £90 each..

BAz

Sounds good

That's really good news. Maybe Karsten could move this topic to a special section: "Repair Tips for Sugga"

That's right. A good idea. With digital pictures, this can even be more easy to understand.

Ganz richtig. Eine gute Idee! Es ist auch mehr verständlich mit Photos!

I put it on top of the board.

Ich moechte die Bremszylinder austauschen und moeglicherweise auch den einen oder anderen Bremsbacken. Derzeit kann ich nicht in die Bremstrommeln nachschauen. Weiss einer von euch, die genaue Typenbezeichnung dieser Teile?



I want to change the brakepistons and some brake shoes. Right now I am not able to access the brake drums (since the car is rolling from Garage shop to the paint shop and back). Does anyone know the exact Type and number of these parts?

Hi,
The wheel cylinder is a Lockheed 1 and 1/4 inch (231)

The reference number is; KL71499 (217)

I have also found some other numbers; 35707 or 35709

If you contact Powertrack limited they can source some - but I think there is a similar one used on British lorries during the war and these are cheaper.

Please remember that they probably only need refurbishment and this is only a few £'s where a full replacement costs abot £100 per cylinder (very expensive as you have 8!!)

Let me know how it goes

Baz

Thank's Baz.
I'll contact them and see what they come up with...

Hi!

Im C303 Forum habe ich gelesen, dass der Volvo C303 Bremszylinder und der Land Rover 109 Bremszylinder gleichen ist. Der Durchmesser der Bohrung ist auch gleiche: 1 1/4 zoll (31,8 mm).
Die Durchmesser bei Sugga ist auch 1 1/4 zoll.
Ist es möglich, der LR 109 Bremszylinder im Sugga zu verwenden?
Was denkt ihr?
Danke


Hi!
I have seen on C303 Forum, that the Volvo C303 wheel cylinder and the Land Rover 109 wheel cylinder at the same. The Diameter of the bore is the same size: 1 1/4 coll (inch) (31,8mm).
The diameter of the Sugga is the same 1 1/4 inch.
What's your opinion, can I use the LR wheel cylinder in the Sugga?

Thanks

http://shop.dingocroft.co.uk/acatalog/Hydraulics.html

Hi,

I've heard so too. They seem to look pretty much the same. If they turn out to be the same, it would be amazing. Morten once told me, that the brakes are standard components that are still available. As far as I know you just need to make a small adapter pipe over a mounting screw to accomodate for a different mountings screw diameter.

The companies I've contacted so far were not able (or did not want) to help me thou.


Das habe ich auch gehoert. Die Teile sehen auch ziemlich gleich aus.
Wenn es tatsaechlich die selben waeren, dann waere das grossartig.

Morten hat mir mal erzaehlt, dass man nur eine kleine Adapterhuelse ueber die Befestigungschraube stecken muss, da der Durchmesser der Befestigungschraube nicht genau passt.

Alle Firmen die ich bisher kontaktiert habe konnten mir allerdings nciht helfen....