Thread: Discovery II brakes

No need Defenderzook,
The disco 2 abs "ring" is part of the hub assembly, not light the disco 1/defender.
There is only the disc rotor to replace & thats it.
Cheers

Now you're scaring me 'Zook particularly with anything to do with the ABS.


According to the Rave CD it was as simple as remove & replace rotor, then put it all back together again...no???

ok....yours doesnt have it......but even if it did......its very simple to do.....

Originally Posted by Feral

Thanks to all that responded

The job in the end was very easy to do. With the bolts that hold the full caliper on it is a 19mm. I used a 12 point socket with a breaker bar and it released easily. The problem area was the screw which holds the rotor to the hub. I took Defenderzook's advice and bought an impact driver. The only problem with it is the screwheads are not big enough. Phillips 2 & 3 are small but I had a very large phillips head in a cheap socket set which fitted a lot better. The main trick from Ron's link was to heat up the screw. This worked perfectly. With a little heat then the impact driver had them undone in a flash.

So its all ready to do. As per usual no one has rotors in stock so I have to wait for those till next week. The new pads are in and have bled the brakes to give it a freshen up. I will be doing it all again next weekend so the new slotted rotors can go on, another brake flush and the jobs complete.

Cheers.

Next week......yeah right. I ordered the slotted rotors on August 19th.

Finally received them yesterday They look fantastic.

I am thinking about leaving the old rotors on until I reach about 160,000 k's or measure them up. If they are close to the minimum thickness I will change them. According to the Rave CD I believe the minimum thickness is 22mm. As the new rotors are 25mm it doesn't leave much material to work with. Can we confirm the minimum thickness?

Cheers.
Lyndon.

I was under the impression that a brake bleed should only be done via test book.

May be wrong - but I am sure I have read/heard it somewhere.

Ladas

Yes I was wrong - sorry it is only if any component upstream of the modulator is changed the test book has to be used, calipers, discs etc., are obviously downstream

Ladas

Originally Posted by Feral

Next week......yeah right. I ordered the slotted rotors on August 19th.

Finally received them yesterday They look fantastic.
According to the Rave CD I believe the minimum thickness is 22mm. As the new rotors are 25mm it doesn't leave much material to work with. Can we confirm the minimum thickness?

Cheers.
Lyndon.

Front 22 - Rear 11.7

L

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

do we get pics???

As requested .......