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Eduardo

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: Región Metropolitana
Posts: 2110

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey

Brake discs

Hi there

I leave the Defender yesterday in the dealers to sort several oil leakages that were not solved in the last check due to the lack of time. and to be checked after the trip to Patagonia. Also I had some squeek in the front brakes that I ask to check.

Short history. according to the dealers, I need to change the brake pads (2nd tine after 100,000 km), but also the brake disc due an excessive wear.

Ovbiously I didnt accept until check the wearing by myself.

Any experience on that?
It is normal?

Cheers Eduardo

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18th Mar 2011 4:40pm

fekete

Member Since: 24 Dec 2008
Location: Here on the other end of the computer
Posts: 3626

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Bonatti Grey

Ed i had a Similar experience with my dealer they said that the disc was wearing and the drake pads had only 20% left on them so bucked it in to a independent and there was nothing wrong with them ? make sure you check yourself first, when i told the dealer they said that they never told me that they only had 20% left on them

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18th Mar 2011 4:46pm

o4dn

Member Since: 08 Jan 2010
Location: South West
Posts: 549

2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White

Dunno about the Defender specifically, but I think it's not unusual on recent cars to have to change the pads and the discs at the same time (happened to me with different car makes). I've been told this is because of the removal of asbestos, dunno if that's true or not.

18th Mar 2011 4:46pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17537

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Since the prohibition of asbestos materials brake pads have been harder-wearing, with the result that discs wear quicker. On the Rover 416 and 420 saloons that I had many years ago, the pads would last at least twice as long as the discs (at least they would have done if it wasn't for the need for new pads with every set of discs) and front discs were lasting less than 20k miles - ridiculous!

So it is an unfortunate truth that discs don't last as long as they used to.

19th Mar 2011 8:22am

Scallops

Member Since: 15 Aug 2007
Location: Brisbane Australia
Posts: 89

I've just fixed a squeek from my front discs, the noise appearing just as I relieve the brake pedal pressure as the vehicle comes to a complete halt. This noise only recently began and was sometimes accompanied by the ABS pump.

Turned out that my front left caliper was only pushing 2 pistons so only one pad was being activated.

Just put my experience here in case it helps with your noise, Ed.

21st Mar 2011 6:26am

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