Thread: Premature Break Wear Defender

Seems strange but Extreme rear brake pads wear first. I had to change mine at 60,000 km service and the fronts will need changing at 75,000 km. Don't make them like they used to.

Regards, Barry

Same with the Disco, according to Rovertech this is normal for the rear pads

Can't speak for the current models but it was the same for older Rangies as well. I used to swap inner right rear with outer left rear and vice versa to even up the wear as the inside pads used to wear faster than the outer pads (no idea why)


Bushie

Just replaced the rear brake pads on my 01 Extreme, at 38 000km. I live in the hills area of Perth, and they do get used a little more than most. The fronts seemed okay and I expect to get another 10 000km off those. The wife used to drive a V6 Pajero, and with her roaring about on those important coffee and morning tea meetings, that they "just have to go too". 20 000km was the best I would get from a set of pads on the Paj. 18 000km extra and a damm site easier to change on a landy, I was very happy.
Cheers Tyrepower.

Yep, my '97 defender needed rear pads at 60,000km. Front ones, I was told, are good for another 10,000km. Will trade for a 2001 discovery td5 auto monday week so I guess my brake replacements will continue - only faster.

I bought my Disco with 30k on the clock. I am now at 140k.

The rears were replaced by me at 80k and the fronts at 120k.

Must check the current state of the rears tomorrow.

I am impressed with the life of mine. Mind you the manual Tdi has heaps of engine braking and I drive with minimum braking in mind.

my 130 is due for new pads and disc at 105000ks
been through 2 sets of pads front and rear

looks like that will sent me back a few bucks

cheers hiline

Sounds like it's got something to do with the braking bias, slightly more to the rear and why might be something to do with load carrying potential... or "stand on the brake pedal" tactics when slowing up.

As for the uneven wear on the pads, more pad wear than the other on the same caliper on single piston systems... which I believe most are, one pad never really releases from the disc. So it constantly rubs on the disc which shows up as wearing prematurely or unevenly. Beauty of this system is they are cheap to manufacture, easily serviced, work reasonably well and give huge power advantage over drums.

Though there is improvement. Twin piston caliper systems, or more up to six psiton, are highly attractive (read:expensive) in the "hoon car" scene as their benifits far outweigh standard disc setups ie the single piston. By moving the pressure point to both sides of the disc there is more uniform clamping of the disc, more even pad wear and uniform heat generation.

Modifying the RR or others with disc setups to twin piston is only for the extreme as custom setups aren't cheap. I find using soft pads like Ferrodo and Bendix extend disc life. I'd much prefer to spend 20 minutes changing the pads than 6 hours changing hubs. Bit like oil changes in the motor, lots of little regular services keep the hounds at bay than big occasional ones. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]