Hi all

Just in for a service and had the phone call brake pads are low....there a surprise
And they quoted £497! Had an MOT last week too.

Anyway I’m going to do them myself (just rebuilt my defender brake set up all round)
Any tips you can offer? Will the elec park brake be an issue or the TPMS

Thanks 2010 defender utility
2010 RRS TDV8 (gone)
2007 discovery 3 (gone)
2004 discovery 4 (gone)
1994 discovery 1
1970 v8 hybrid (gone)
1975 bobtail (gone)

Are the new pads gold plated?  2013 Vogue SE SDV8
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Luxury

Typical Ratstones!! 2010 defender utility
2010 RRS TDV8 (gone)
2007 discovery 3 (gone)
2004 discovery 4 (gone)
1994 discovery 1
1970 v8 hybrid (gone)
1975 bobtail (gone)

always surprises me that the rear pads wear the most on the Rangie. Normally its the front pads! 2017 Range Rover Vogue V6 Diesel
2006 Range Rover Vogue V8 Diesel - gone

There is a button combination to put the park brake in service mode, which parks the EPb off the disks and resets the pads to the right position after once released.

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic44604...p;start=15

Just buy the LR pads, they are TRW, but they are not the same as the TRW ones you buy from factors, and they aren’t that expensive.

Easy job, once EPb is parked the callipers are just a standard TRW calliper, so slacken off the retaining bolts, remove them, remove the calliper, remove the anti squeal springy bits, clean everything up including the calliper carriers where the pads sit.

Invest in a cheap calliper wind back tool from Screwfix, and as there won’t be the correct exact adapter wind the tool against an old pad to push in the piston.

45mins to do the lot. Easy. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

This is a Range Rover Sport but the process is the same. Tells you how to set the park brake.

Ivan 2013 Vogue SE SDV8
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Luxury

Wow - Stratstones Cardiff fixed price website shows rear pads as £194 and rear pads and discs for £449

Sounds like someone was confused when they put the quote together for you! Current Fleet:-
2018 Discovery 5 3.0 HSE
2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrack
2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt 5.0 V8
1993 Defender 90 200TDI Pickup

Gone - not forgotten
2016 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue SE
2012 L322 4.4 Westminster
2004 L322 4.4 V8 Autobiography LE
2000 P38 RR 4.0 HSE (ex Clarkson test car)

northernmonkeyjones wrote:

There is a button combination to put the park brake in service mode…

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic44604...p;start=15

Invest in a cheap calliper wind back tool….

Fitted new EBC Greenstuff rear brake pads to the L405 TDv6 yesterday. TRW callipers (existing Greenstuff pads had been on about 3 plus years and were not done but were ready to be changed IMO. Genuine LR rear discs were replaced 3 years ago, no lipping at all and VGC on inspection so didn’t replace the discs).

Have found the EBC greenstuff pads to be very very good pads all round with minimal dust, never any squeal, durable and great performance. Swear by them. Paid £53 for the rear pair of pads this time.

The EPB maintenance mode sequence referenced here is very helpful. No diagnostic tool needed. There are YouTube videos on how to do it anyway, both to put it in service mode and to later release service mode.

Found it challenging (and very sore on the hands) to get my caliper rewind tool to wind the piston back on both rear callipers (perhaps my poor technique but didn’t enjoy the rear piston wind back at all). The rears do need to be wound back, not pushed in. Easy job other than that but by god I did find winding back those rear pistons a pain, literally…

LR Tech on you tube is good as well. overfinch modified

Yes, watched that too and it’s very good although his brake piston rewind tools were different to the ones that frustrated and gave me sore hands…. and they always make it look slick in the corporate ‘buy from me’ 😂👍

I have this kit. Works perfectly for my backyard mechanic needs.

https://a.co/d/epJq1Hv


 Dan. 🇨🇦 2013 L405 5.0 SCV8

That’s the same set as I’ve got… found it very sore on the palms of the hands trying to wind the pistons back and they took ages… must have been doing something wrong…

If you are trying to turn it by hand, then yes it is hard. Hold the small t-handle in one hand and turn the big nut with a wrench. The wrench does the work, not your hand. Everything should be a little loose in the calliper too. This method gets the pistons back in a minute or two. Dan. 🇨🇦 2013 L405 5.0 SCV8

What is the recommended RBP ? Is it best just to get from the Duckworths? I see pld uses EBC anyone uses others? overfinch modified

If you have an air source, these are much better - same as the snap-on ones sold for ~£200 (I never buy snap-on) Mine is a Laser tools branded one, all made in the same Chinese factory.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B092VJGPN3
It's lasted 8 years so far, not quite daily but certainly weekly use.