Thread: Replacing rear pads and discs. Any traps for the unwary?

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

.... Did someone someone overtighten them before hand and using super duper strength loctite on the or something??????

Probably, or maybe just the years of being on there may have.

I think I said earlier.
Brother's TD5, bolt heads were covered with so much silted up mud, made the bolt on the head unrecognisable. Wire brushed most of it off, and I don't remember bolts being all too hard to remove.
Not loose, but I can't remember a major struggle.

When it came time to get my D2 axles out .. bloody 'elll!!! ... those disk carrier bolts were tight as buggery.

I reckon that brother's may have been done at some point(high klms), whereas my part car may not have .. so maybe the longer they sit on, the harder they are to get off

The way I got my bolts off, I used an high quality Ring spanner and cleaned the head, hold the spanner on to the Bolt head and hit it with an 5lb hammer, workes every time

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Over all the years I have worked on brakes, I have never had any off the trouble you guys are having , using breaker bars etc to undo bolts. Did someone someone overtighten them before hand and using super duper strength loctite on the or something??????

It was just the smarter option at the time. No troubles and not the luxury to work with a hoist.

Breaker bars just make the movement a whole lot smoother and therefore a heap less likely to round bolts.

I find it amazing that a thread on something as simple as changing rear pads and discs on a D2 has 87 posts.

It is probably THE MOST accessible thing to do on a D2 and one of the easiest. The lengthy argument/discussion on how much fluid a master cylinder should have in it was probably least illuminating.

On this basis changing the FPR will generate hundreds of posts.

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I find it amazing that a thread on something as simple as changing rear pads and discs on a D2 has 87 posts.

It is probably THE MOST accessible thing to do on a D2 and one of the easiest. The lengthy argument/discussion on how much fluid a master cylinder should have in it was probably least illuminating.

On this basis changing the FPR will generate hundreds of posts.

Regards Philip A

The thing is some poster`s should not be attempting to do their own brakes
If they get the correct answers maybe it should not be treated as a simple job Please

But it is not as easy and should not be classed that easy that anyone can do the job with out a second thought honestly.

I remember going to a part supplier trade night a few years ago that a few DIYer`s were at .

And the poor rep from a well known brake supplier almost had a coronary when he asked how many DIYer`s did their own brake work

In all seriousness brakes should only be done by someone that is very confidant

I have changed brake pads before many times on a Echo and Tarago. I am a bit wary of the foibles of a Land Rover. Plus that stupid 12 point star bolt that you cannot get a socket for.

I have an Stanley tools box and those sockets fit fine as well as an king chrome

Originally Posted by Bohica

I have changed brake pads before many times on a Echo and Tarago. I am a bit wary of the foibles of a Land Rover. Plus that stupid 12 point star bolt that you cannot get a socket for.

Any regular socket or ring spanner fits it.