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i have a land rover hybrid with rangie brakes. i go through a set of 4 pads within the equivalent of a weekend of solid driving.. the setup i have is a defender booster and master. the rear on the master pipe is hooked straight to the rear brakes.
the two front ones are hooked up to the front bottom outlet on the master and the top one is blocked. the front pipes go straight to each side and just befroe they meet the flexipipes they are split off into a t-piece on each side.
it has solid rotors.
the thing i need help with is that i am going through pads to quick and need to remidy it. any help/ideas why???
i will try to load photos
there is no such thing as a stupid idea... just a person who owns a rover!!!
Are your brakes working properly, that is do they stop the vehicle? How much pressure do you need to apply on the brake pedal in order to stop? What brand pads?
If you have good brakes, but the pads are wearing fast then you may need a harder compound.
If it feels like the brakes are always on then they may be binding, worth pulling the calipers apart and cleaning/checking the pistons etc.
the brakes are working proper;y. they stop really well untill they get down to about half a pad. i dont need to apply to much pressure unless i REALLY need to stop.
i pulled a matching set of callipers and rotors off a working rangie after the original callipers to the diffs exlpoded under heavy continous braking.(down a steep windy hill)
there is no such thing as a stupid idea... just a person who owns a rover!!!
Exploding a Rover calliper? Never heard that before. I dont need much breaks down hill - just a low gear will do the most.
But if you run 16" rims, you could use the bigger Defender calliper in the front.
And put the regulator in. You get now 100% pressure on your rear. That is not good at all and exspecially down hill it will lock your rear regulary.
yes the sheilds are fitted
as much mud driving as i can.. even when it comes to just normal driving they all wear down quickly.
im using a defender booster with rangie callipers
and the confusing part is they all wear evenly.!!
even on mostly flat ground they wear out. the only time the callipers exloded and i lost all the fluid out of the calipers was when my motor wasnt running right and i had to rely on my brakes.
im running 16" rims with a set of REALLY unbalanced 35s on beadlockers.
it doesnt feel like it is dragging at all..
i am really confused and annoyed with it and is thinking of letting it rust if the problem cant be fixed
there is no such thing as a stupid idea... just a person who owns a rover!!!
