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Re:A Different Kind of Disc Brake: 1949 Chrysler by gnfargbl on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @09:26AM (#41170671)
Ausco Products do indeed appear to still be making these brakes. Here's one of their retrofit systems for Land Cruisers: https://www.auscoproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/102...
Re:A Different Kind of Disc Brake: 1949 Chrysler by jcgrillo on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @01:47PM (#41173282)
I kind of want some for my 80 series, the factory hand brake is terrible (linkages rust and it tends to drag on the rhs wearing prematurely). The sealed design is awesome. The only drawback I can see is the separate high pressure pump and control package seems like a pretty high complexity tax. And I bet they're not cheap.

EDIT: Another question I wasn't able to figure out from their brochure is how they integrate with the factory front disc brakes.. Like, is there some kind of balance control?