ROAM Disc Brake Install Price and Location

[Ncrover725]

I posted a few threads on here, Guns and Rovers, and the Florida Land Rover Club looking for Series friendly mechanics in the Northwestern Florida / Lower Alabama area and did not have much of a response. Doing research has most shops about six hours south. I plan on installing the ROAM Disc Brake kit (front and rear) along with converting from single circuit to dual circuit brakes once I return from Afghanistan next month. If I do it myself or I pay someone to do it will all be based off time available and what the wife and kids want to do. If I have to pay someone 1) Who do you think would be the best to take it to (local brake shop, british "car" specialist, run of the mill 4x4 offroad shop)? 2) What do you think an acceptable cost would be to install the front and rear disc brakes, add a servo / pedal tower for power assist, and change from single to dual circuit? I have all the required parts minus replacement brake piping.

[TeriAnn]

I have no idea about cost but isn't there a LR specialist in Florida? I thought I remember the existence of one.

The brake swap is the same process as replacing the drum brake back plate and wheel bearings. Someone would need access to a LR workshop manual to do that job properly or be experienced with Series LR hubs.


The brake tower swap is basically elongating the opening for the pedal, bolting the new tower in place, rerouting the brake switch wires and replacing the master clutch cylinder with a SIII master clutch cylinder. It is an easy quick swap once you remove the driver side front wing. Any shop that is willing to modify body panels can do it once you explain what needs doing. It helps to have a new SIII tower to bulkhead gasket for them to use as a cutting template.

The hard part is that if you do not have a wing designed to go with a power steering unit you will need to make clearance cuts for the servo & master clutch cylinder. I'm not sure I would trust a general shop with that.


When it comes to replacing the lines you should go to a British car shop or LR specialist because the British use different fittings than the Americans and your local brake shop may not know this and they will not have the correct fittings. The US fittings will screw into the UK fittings but UK male fittings will bottom out on US female fittings with only a couple threads engaged and US male fittings will run out of threads before the end is seated on a UK female fitting.

A brake shop can not handle the complete project because they are not set up for body panel modification. A British car shop could handle it if you carefully explain what needs to be done, step by step and hand them the LR workshop manual. A LR specialist with experience on Series trucks could handle the job. Hopefully.

I would only farm the conversion out if I were to closely supervise each step of the conversion. A lot depends upon your skills and experience.

[siii8873]

are you home for leave or end of your tour? Some catching up with wife and kids. If I lived in Florida I'd come over and do the work for you as a thanks for your service.
Thanks

[Ncrover725]

are you home for leave or end of your tour? Some catching up with wife and kids. If I lived in Florida I'd come over and do the work for you as a thanks for your service.
Thanks

I will be finished with this tour and am looking forward to some family time. I truly appreciate the offer regards coming to help.

[JSBriggs]

Installing the kit is simple enough that a local shop could do it. The only 'trick' is swivel preload.

-Jeff

[TeriAnn]

Installing the kit is simple enough that a local shop could do it. The only 'trick' is swivel preload.

-Jeff

Which is why they need the workshop manual. But that is just one third of the job.