I've just spent the last 4 hours putting new rear brake pads and handbrake pads on my XJS.
Can someone tell me what the hell possessed the designers of the Jaguar cars of a certain age to fit inboard brakes. Other than designers making the mechanics job as difficult as possible, I cant think of any other reason.
Someone enlighten me ...
Stu
Stu
Less unsprung weight!
The less weight you have bouncing up & down with the wheels, the better will be the road-holding capabilities of the wheels.
Why somebody gave a darn on a bloated, suburban psuedo-sports sedan like this also puzzles me - although I drive something similar.
- Tom
Happy Trails To You
As the other respondents correctly noted, it reduces unsprung weight.
Along with use of disk brakes, this was another innovation from Jaguar's glorious racing days of the 50's & 60's. It was originaly used on the D-Type racer, then found it's way onto the E-Type, XJ Sedans and XJ-S. Dropped for cost & serviceability reasons on the XJ-40 and subsequent Ford-based platforms.
They were a carry over from the "E" type.
The handbrake pads should never wear out. You only need to change them if you get a diff oil leak.
I guess then that the salesmen could really impress some buyer by saying that its got inboard brakes that reduce suspension bounce or whatever - I bet he never mentioned that it doubled the labour time spent to do anything.
My handbrake pads were not worn but the car is under restoration and the pad backs were really rusty - changed them as a matter of course just in case.
Stu
Well - you got already the correct answer: To make each wheel lighter! That is a very common solution in many GT type cars, for example Alfa Romeo.
Is it hard to service? Definately, but it rides like an angel.
t: H
Thank you for your replies. It will really comfort me next time I'm scraping my knuckles trying to get the calliper back on to think that the wheel will be a bit lighter.
OH God - How I love Jags
Stu
You didn't buy a jag so's you could have 'Ford' ease of rear brake maintenance did you??
LOL!
No I suppose not - I guess its what you call a car with character.
To quote the Wolf (from "Pulp Fiction"): "Just because you ARE a character, doesn't mean you HAVE character."
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