Re: Front brakes to rear...but what about parking brake now?

[Lawrence C Leung <l.leung@juno.com>]

The drum within a rotor was also used in the 1974 (only) Saab 99. Note,
this is a FRONT rotor/hub/drum + p-brake assy, as all 99's on up through
Ur900s had front p-brakes, 'cuz they work better that way as e-brakes.
Maybe you could use these rotors (they aren't vented). 

Just my $0.02

Larry - '89 2CTQ, '85 GTi (Solo2-asleep for the winter)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:00:25 -0800 "David G" <daveglu@hotmail.com>
writes:
>
>> SFNAC, but the other day I saw some truck/SUV up in the air with 
>dual
>> rear brakes systems.  hydraulic calipers and rotors for pedal 
>braking,
>> with tiny little drum brakes in the center for the handbrake.
>>
>> Couldn't you just stick a 2 x 4 through the spokes in the wheels?
>>
>> --
>> Huw Powell
>>
>  Some Corvette's and many (I believe) Volvo's use this system of a 
>small
>drum brake operating in the "hat" of the disk rotor.  I actually 
>really like
>this system as it allows 4 wheel disk with no complex caliper to have
>problems with, just a very simple drum brake and a "normal" disk 
>brake.  It
>also had the advantage of needing to use a larger rotor diameter which 
>is
>not a bad thing!
>  Dave G
>