Pad wear?

**ATH** · 19th June 2018, 10:56 AM

Checked the pads recently and found the rears were down to approx. 4mm and fronts 8mm. 32kay on the clock.
This is the first vehicle I’ve had where the rears wear quicker than the front.
Is it normal on a D4?
AlanH.

**DiscoJeffster** · 19th June 2018, 11:05 AM

Yes it is. It’s got a heavy bum. Tyres I see similar with rears wearing faster too.

**Milton477** · 19th June 2018, 11:07 AM

Same here at 63k with lots of towing.

**Ferret** · 19th June 2018, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Y...Tyres I see similar with rears wearing faster too.

Mine certainly do as well

Tombie · 19th June 2018, 12:00 PM

I changed front rotors and pads to DBA and Akebono at 5k - just an upgrade, no other reason. Never got around to doing the rears.

Lots of offroad, lots of towing heavy.

Now at 120k I need to change the rear pads

Tyre wear is consistent front to rear within 0.5mm all 4 corners.

This rig runs at ~3,100kg all the time.

**DiscoJeffster** · 19th June 2018, 12:12 PM

The trouble is you cannot compare mileage to pad wear. If you’re a city dweller doing stop start driving you’ll inevitably use more pad that those sitting for hundreds of highway miles. Also your style of driving influences pad wear.

Tombie, you say tyre wear is consistent. Does this imply you don’t rotate them and they’ve stayed consistent over a prolonged period?
I recently had my alignment done and the rear was poorly adjusted for toe which explained my abnormal left rear wear. I’ll be interested to see how they wear now.

Tombie · 19th June 2018, 12:13 PM

Correct, I have never rotated tyres on any of my vehicles.

**loanrangie** · 19th June 2018, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie

Correct, I have never rotated tyres on any of my vehicles.

Not even the spare ?

**ATH** · 20th June 2018, 07:54 AM

"Correct, I have never rotated tyres on any of my vehicles. " I've always rotated all 5 every 10K. Seems to work or has done up 'til now anyway. The Disco seems to be very rough on the front tyres not at all like the Defenders I've had which were excellent.
Last wheel alignment was done by "expert" tyre people recommended by the independent mechanic I go to but I wasn't impressed. If they spent 5 minutes doing it that was about it.
New boots soon and I'll try yet another place, maybe the stealer, for alignment. I gather pad wear can vary enormously with these vehicles and the rears are thinner than the fronts to start with.
I'll monitor the situation......

Thnx.
AlanH.

Tombie · 20th June 2018, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Not even the spare ?

Nope. Spare goes onto road under 1 of the 2 scenarios.

1) I’ve had a puncture - the goes back on rear after puncture is repaired.

2) I’m fitting new tyres - then spare becomes a road tyre (rear) and a new tyre becomes the spare.

It may seem wasteful, but it isn’t in my world.
I consume 4 tyres to ~50%, then discard. They’re useless to me beyond that. Usually 40-50k.

I then buy 4 new tyres, 3 onto road, 1 onto rear.
I just buy 4 slightly more often than those who rotate 5. But my outlay is only $X * 4.

Tyre pressures, including variation front to rear impacts wear. So do roundabouts, braking style, driving style in general.

Brake wear from differing braking styles through corners has impact on wear.

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