My next big upgrade was tires and shocks. I ended up with 28x10x14 Quadboss QBT846 tires on all 4 corners. They sit about 1" taller than stock and about the same width as the stock rear tires
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This brings me to one of my favorite mods. The parking brake. I "pioneered" the manual parking brake idea on the Pioneer 1000. I made a small bracket that attaches to the brake pedal pivot mount and allows a through hole toggle to clamp against the brake pedal to apply all 4 brakes. This is a mechanical means of apply brake force to each tire without modification to the stock brake system. For me this have proven to be great for winching, grade holding and parking on my trailer.
Here's a break down of the parts
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Here are the parts assembled
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Clamped in place for some trials
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Bolted in place and applied
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Bolted in place and released
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Foot clearance for reference
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Thread edited to include animated gif of the brake working.
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