My friend was telling me about some pics of a little Zook rolling over on Pirate4x4. I went to check it out, and noticed. That aint no Zook! Its a LWB GQ Patrol!!

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=140d946ba9625d7234cda17aab94abbb&threadid=158531&perpage=25&pagenumber=1


Project: "Diamond in the rough"
1969 Nissan Patrol
Isuzu PUP rear springs(2" lift)
FJ-40 Rear Axle
Original driveshaft, slightly modified
Custom shackles
75,000 Original Miles!

Yikes!!!

Animated rollover gif



-Greg

Dogwater.Net
Northeast Trailrides List

Ouch - there's a headache!

Tippy Longstocking

1998 Frontier 4x4 with ALL the goodies!
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
Stop urban sprawl and advocate multi-use of public lands! It's YOUR pastime; get active and help save it!

Maybe an "in-cab" brake proportioning valve
( adjustable) could take the pressure off the front binders, when necessary, so the downhill sections wouldn't be so hairy. In other words dragging the rear brakes on the downhill sections, only, w/ the fronts hardly working( if at all) would mitigate rollovers of this type. It might make things more exciting, as well, but the endo's would diminish.

.....................
98 FAD Fronty

quote:

---

Originally posted by bille:
Maybe an "in-cab" brake proportioning valve
( adjustable) could take the pressure off the front binders, when necessary, so the downhill sections wouldn't be so hairy. In other words dragging the rear brakes on the downhill sections, only, w/ the fronts hardly working( if at all) would mitigate rollovers of this type. It might make things more exciting, as well, but the endo's would diminish.

---

Either that or the stock e-brake(for models with rear e-brake only)...

There is a guy on the Full Size Jeep board that uses individual levers for each rear-wheel's e-brake as a traction control... pretty nifty...


Project: "Diamond in the rough"
1969 Nissan Patrol
Isuzu PUP rear springs(2" lift)
FJ-40 Rear Axle
Original driveshaft, slightly modified
Custom shackles
75,000 Original Miles!

thats a pretty cool idea.


BEEFYJames Fabrication - Custom Fabricated for Use and Abuse
Nissan Terrano .. "Take a grip of Steering!"

It's been tried on an Xterra (cutting brakes) and the rear drums just don't have the bite to be of real use.

Brent

Wonder how well it would work on the rear discs on the pathy? If its like most other rear disc vehicles, its probably got drum parking brakes inside the disc. Ihave yet to remove mine to find out. haha

I do know the parking brake trick works REALLY well though on my truck to regain traction when you've lost it in the rear.


BEEFYJames Fabrication - Custom Fabricated for Use and Abuse
Nissan Terrano .. "Take a grip of Steering!"

Another thing that could have helped was a Pre-Runner bumper!


Project: "Diamond in the rough"
1969 Nissan Patrol
Isuzu PUP rear springs(2" lift)
FJ-40 Rear Axle
Original driveshaft, slightly modified
Custom shackles
75,000 Original Miles!

I've been thinking about having 2 seperate handles for the e-brakes. I just don't know how I would rig up a second handle. Maybe get a HB e-brake system and add it to what I have currently?

Mr. Will

Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

The guy on the Full Size Jeep board used some sort of VW setup... I could e-mail him and ask, if you would like...


Project: "Diamond in the rough"
1969 Nissan Patrol
Isuzu PUP rear springs(2" lift)
FJ-40 Rear Axle
Original driveshaft, slightly modified
Custom shackles
75,000 Original Miles!

The "cutting brake" idea's a buenidea.

I don't think using a proportioning valve would be the way to go, now, after reading the specs on the Wilwood stuff-reduces the pressure by 57% when at max.

... I waNT 100%, i think ,for some situations.


Jus' tuggin on the Ebrake seems so much easier.

.....................
98 FAD Fronty

what you need is a line lock. the ability to disable braking to either the front or rear, at the flick of a switch. They're cheap from any racer supply shop. plumb is as easy as cutting the existing brake line, flaring, and screwing both new ends into the linelock. wiring is just 12v hot, switch, solenoid, ground.


DripSpeed Merchandise

I like line lock electric soloniod controlled

.....................
98 FAD Fronty

Its not quite as cool as independant front and rear braking (maybe I'll build that into a truck some day.. that'd be COOL).. since you could only do front brakes... rear brakes... or both at the same pressure.. there'd be no front brakes at 15% and rears at 30%


DripSpeed Merchandise