Changing Breakpads on a Land Rover DII

[Brian McVickers]

Chance of a lifetime! :Mechanic:
Who in the Phoenix area would like to help change out the break pads on a Land Rover DII. Only prerequisite is that you have changed out the pad on a DII before or at lease several other vehicles!

I'll do all the work, you can just stand there and double check my work!:friday:

 

[gjackson]

Sweet! I'd love to. Unfortunately, without a bonus airline ticket to Phoenix, I can't make it. Actually, I don't qualify, I've only ever changed D1, D90 and D110 pads! Rats!

Good luck though.

:lurk: :beer:

cheers

 

[lionsbreath]

We could have a break fest .... I need to change the front pads on my taco. I have not changed the on a disco, but my Mother in law has one that I need to look at the breaks on here sometime soon. I have done a number of break jobs on many differant cars and trucks so I am sure that we can work it out with out a problem. I have a full range of tools to make the chore go quickly. What part of the valley are you in? I am off of Shea and the SR51.

 

[Brian McVickers]

Great,
My new Ferodo pads should arrive on Friday
I'll PM you.

 

[FortyMileDesert]

A BREAK is when you make one piece of something into two (smash, disjoin with sudden force), render unusable, penetrate, get out of the truck to attend to a call of nature, stop and rest for a while, escape, etc.....

A BRAKE is a devise for slowing or stopping motion, a fern, a devise to cut flax, etc.....:coffeedrink:

 

[lionsbreath]

So sorry "brake" = to stop. Break as in: I am going to break my son ******** for not cleaning up the back yard. Either way my point made it across. All of those years and all of that money spent Catholic skool, gone down the drane. lololol. :xxrotflma

 

[Jonathan Hanson]

Many Discovery owners automatically type "break" when referring to anything on their vehicles.

Sorry, Brian, you walked into that one!

 

[pwc]

Broke is also used a lot.

 

[RAM5500 CAMPERTHING]

Chance of a lifetime! :Mechanic:
Who in the Phoenix area would like to help change out the break pads on a Land Rover DII. Only prerequisite is that you have changed out the pad on a DII before or at lease several other vehicles!

I'll do all the work, you can just stand there and double check my work!:friday:

I would have the rotors turned as well!

I consider turning the rotors "Required" when i change pads on my rig.

New pads with a smooth surface will be eaten quickly being installed onto used and grooved (even if very small) rotors.

I bet you would be quite surprised with newly surfaced rotors and brand new pads!

Thats my .02

 

[Pskhaat]

Mangler, genuine question, but why do you turn your rotors with no warping present? I have always just cleaned & scrubbed the rotors and installed new pads and have never had degraded results from this?

I know a shop will always turn the rotors, but I've always felt that just because it could be partially justified, it was more money for 'em anyway.

 

[RAM5500 CAMPERTHING]

Scott

I drive everything I own fairly hard, everytime I check the rotors there is some level of groovin, I notice a lot more on my rigs that see offroad use.

The brand new pads installed onto even slighty grooved rotors will wear a lot quicker then new pads installed on freshly turned rotors.

That is how I was taught in auto shop and have done it with every brake change since I started doing my own work 15 years ago.

It has worked good so far

That's my .02

 

[Pskhaat]

It has worked good so far
That's my .02

Oh no problems, just curious if you think I'd notice a better stop with turned rotors (compared to once the pads wore in of course). There's quite a contingent on ih8mud that follow the no-turn theory, so was curious as to the other side.

 

[RAM5500 CAMPERTHING]

Oh no problems, just curious if you think I'd notice a better stop with turned rotors (compared to once the pads wore in of course).

Possibly, but its more for wear. If the grooves are heavy then yes, if you turn them flat you would notice better stopping.

There's quite a contingent on ih8mud that follow the no-turn theory.

Eh, i wont touch that one!

 

[jeffryscott]

I would have the rotors turned as well!

I consider turning the rotors "Required" when i change pads on my rig.

Don't know if the DII is different, but on the DI, the factory says no turning allowed, only new rotors.

With aftermarket rotors, there may be enough material to turn but again, on the DII, it is a different beast but I'd check to see what the FSM says before turning the rotors.

 

[RAM5500 CAMPERTHING]

Don't know if the DII is different, but on the DI, the factory says no turning allowed, only new rotors.

With aftermarket rotors, there may be enough material to turn but again, on the DII, it is a different beast but I'd check to see what the FSM says before turning the rotors.

This is a good use of the Jeep phrase:

"Its a Rover Thing, and I Dont Understand!!! :hehe:

Thats just plain silly if true! :Wow1: