Thread: Braking issues

Am haveing problems stopping under heavy applications the old girl is pulling up streight but the pedel goes hard. the rotors and pads were renued 10,000k ago.On a loose slippery surface the ABS functions normaly.On a hard surface she seems a bit reluctant to stop. Any ideas. Under normal brakeing everything seems to be ok.

G, Day Kiwi Steve,

I recently redid the brakes on my D1. (Although in my case the the rotors and pads also needed doing) I had the same symtom of the pedal going hard and further to floor and I really had to stand on it to pull up. This was because the master cylinder had worn out and fluid was being by-passed straight to wheel cylinders hence the extra effort need to pull up.

After market master cylinders $475 + labour

I hope this helps identify the problem.

Gaz

1996 V8i Discovery 1
2006 HSE V8 Discovery 3