Our Disk Transmission Brake uses a state of the art monster size mechanical caliper designed for agricultural vehicles and earth moving equipment - so use on a Land Rover is a walk in the park for it!

The disk has been specially designed for Land Rovers. It is made from tough 10mm thick steel. It has a smaller diameter than a standard drum and does not dangle below the transfer box to help protect it from whatever you are driving over. The caliper mechanism sits in a well protected area at the top, away from most of the mud and water.

The new PTO version differs from the defender version in two ways. Firstly, as you can see from the photogtaphs above, it uses a different version of Back Plate which bolts to your transfer box. It is rotated 30 degrees clockwise to avoid the PTO mounting flange.

Secondly, the cable mounting bracket has been extensively redesigned to move the cable up by up to 40mm. It is much more adjustable than the previous version which allows more scope to get the cable directly in line with the caliper operating lever.

All models are now fitted with a skid plate to protect the disk from tall rocks and tree-stumps. The plate is designed to be flexible and to translate a force which would normally bend the disk backwards into a radial force on the drive flange. The plate normally sits 3mm from the outside of the disk and will spring back after a knock. If however it does not, it's easy enough to bend back down - certainly easier than trying to straighten the disk!

If your handbrake cable goes straight into the drum brake housing, or the end does not look like the one shown (Right) you will need to replace the cable with the earlier type.

This applies to 300Tdi and Td5 models. However, we would recommend you change the cable while you have it in pieces - it's probably bunged up with mud too.