Rear disc brakes T3

Wot Ho Tight Git

Have not long completed Disk upgrades to both ends on my Camper, Ive watched the progress over many years towards a safe / competent changeover and whilst the basic components, disks, calipers etc have been there quite a long time the brackets always stopped me progressing any further! 6mm Steel appears to be the weapon of choice for brackets which is cheap / easy to form but will work harden and eventually let go, do you really want to suddenly loose the brakes? it wont happen for quite some time but it will happen! There is also the probability of bending the brackets under sudden heavy applications, been there, done that, which does not lose the brakes but leaves you with a crap pedal and half brakes till you get home, I personally don't advise this experience unless you have a change of diaper handy! scary!!!

After a quick search on the bay of fleas I found two contenders!

Exhibit A

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The design is not bad but its 6mm steel. look at the length of the bracket once the carrier has been attached, then factor in the side thrust on the steel bracket with every application of the brakes, it will work but ultimately it must fail or bend, if it was made from high tensile steel then yes, much better, but the back of the bracket is too thin, it will still twist! but h.t.s is not as cheap as steel.

Exhibit B

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A much better design than the other one, German made, but is it steel? it does not say? it appears to be a copy of one of the Epytec brackets, complete with required h.t. bolts, but is it steel or h.t. steel? I would want to know before parting with my cash! it states on the bottom of the sales bumph that they are not for road use, but that will be a get out of jail free card for the supplier should one fail, they actually use this design and quite a few more at Epytec, all are road legal there, and h.t.steel, but cost more plus postage.

Exhibit c

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Same design as above but h.t steel and much heavier construction, had I seen this last year I would have purchased it and built the rear end up to suit, however I instead went for the holman engineering rear fitting kit, English build by engineers specifically designed for the syncronauts 4x4 but fits two wheel drives fine, expensive but you get the h.t.brackets, h.t.bolts Rear hubs spun down to fit, handbrake cables custom made, stainless braided flexible pipes, long or short, hub centering collars to centre the disks, you get a lot for your money and they work brilliantly, I am pleased I went for them.

Front brakes just finished.
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As you can see this is just for the brackets/bolts but since retiring ive lost the use of a workshop or I would have copied the design, no biggie, this kit is spot on with certification to boot, the same as Holmans rear brackets. you get what you pay for, Safety should be your number one priority! then the cost, you could of course copy the designs as you have workshop facilities but use High Tensile Steel not steel, costs more but what price life, 

If you have a look in the brickies arms you will see two threads by me on the holman rear end and the just finished Epytec front brake upgrade, both I cannot recommend enough, and the front one was remarkably cheap using all new components apart from the carriers, I try and work to a game plan when overhauling the van, buy the components a bit at a time over months, then fit once acquired, this avoids the loss of my blood should she find out what im doing with her money! this didnt end well with the front brake build, ended up rebuilding everything on the front suspension and got spotted! the danger of death meter was maxed out for a few weeks there!.....slurpz....

Cheers fellas have checked out the brackets pointed out very nice and agreed like the last option HT steel,
Just spent money on the old girl new front discs pad callipers etc all German so perhaps I should have described myself as frugal :) rather than tight.
Also agree with comment about doing brakes on the cheap not my intention just want best value and options for my money😁
I've added it up and even with the dearer German bracket still comes in just under price of gen drums backing plates and cylinders and shoes!!!!