norto
Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
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No vehicle should need to have disc rotors replaced at 30000 miles
especially the rears
Something must be wrong with the metal LR are using in the
rotors or the material in the brake pads is too abrasive
or the brakes were binding Peter
D3. The best 4x4 i have ever driven,
the worst car i have ever owned.
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DN
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: Clanketyclanksville.
Posts: 904
 
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I changed the rear brake pads on mine today, 24,500 miles, and the outb/d pads were down to 2.5mm,  (new pads are 11mm thick), inner ones had a little more, and had not quite worn the wear sensor (R/H side only). Rear discs are now 19mm thick, so 2mm to go, so I guess these will need changing with the next(2nd) set of pads.
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| Fri May 02 2008 8:48pm |
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kjh1957
Member Since: 05 Nov 2005
Location: Northamptonshire
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I have had the same experience with wear sensors. Front fitted to the near side and rear to the offside. The front sensor worked fine but the rear appeared to be fitted incorrectly to the wrong pad so that the sensor faced outward and would never touch the disk. Thankfully I replaced the pads just in time. The sensors are destroyed as they wear or removed so they have to be replaced. The front was a real pain having to remove the wheel arch liner and the rear has a connector behind the suspension tower. The only way to replace was to use a mirror to find it and then to try and remember where it was before making the connection totally blind. I managed 39k on my first set of pads.
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| Fri May 02 2008 10:46pm |
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