Up Rating Brakes

[Henry Webster]

I don't see any point in not replacing in pairs!  I wouldn't recommend doing anything else.

H

[drum]

Never Simple  :(

[Henry Webster]

I'm afraid that's the deal with this game!

Takes its toll on mechanicals and it is rarely worth taking shortcuts in my opinion!

H

[Xtremeteam]

I don't see any point in not replacing in pairs!  I wouldn't recommend doing anything else.

H

BUT for the age of the vehicle it shouldnt matter

[drum]

For the sake of £15 I'd probably not risk it. Like you say with a 12month old vehicle I wouldn't expect alot of wear normally, however as Henry has pointed out, our activities do hammer the vehicles, and the fact that I trashed one, supports this.

[drum]

Does anybody ever replace the solid pipe along the rear axle with a flexible one?? Seems such a pain having to disconnect it, just to do the pads etc?

[Range Rover Blues]

If you can unclip the rear brake pipe it wil spring far enough to remove the hub/disk and leave the calliper connected, hanging from a string.

I use EBC greenstuff (£100 from Paddocks I think) all round and standard disks, though I prefer the Delphi ones to the honk-kong-fuey, the unbranded ones go 'patchy' once you've broken the surface and give you a judder I find.

The brakes were great 'till I went onto 235/85 tyres, now I'm struggling too.

[drum]

Apparently EBC don't do them for a 54Plate 110 Defender with ABS yet  :( So I've had to use stock after all.

[Henry Webster]

That's a pity - for neither axle?

H

[drum]

Front's was a maybe, but rears are a definite no. We think they should fit the front, but EBC tells us they won't. With abit of luck they should have them when I've knackered these in 12 months  :D

[Henry Webster]

Strange, I was expecting at least the fronts to work.  I would have expected them to be the same as Moo.

I am currently running EBC in the front and standard on the back.  Because the balance seems about right.

H

[drum]

I know someone who recently got some late disco pads for his defender cos he was stuck and hoped they'd fit, and they didn't, so it sounds like they have changed.