Brake Pad: Service and Repair

Brake Pads

Service Repair No - 70.40.02

Remove
1. Raise front of vehicle.

WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.

2. Remove front road wheel.





3. Remove lower guide pin bolt from caliper and discard bolt. Pivot caliper housing upwards.

WARNING: Brake pads must be renewed in axle sets only, otherwise braking efficiency may be impaired.





4. Remove brake pads and retainers from caliper brackets.

Refit
1. Rotate disc by hand and scrape all scale and rust from around edge of disc.
2. Scrape rust from pad locating surfaces on caliper.
3. Clean dust from calipers using brake cleaning fluid.

WARNING: Do not use an air line to blow dust from brake assembly. Do not use petroleum based fluid as damage will occur to rubber components.

4. Clean guide pin,check seal for splits amd distortion, replace if necessary. Apply grease, Land Rover Part Number SYL 500010 to new guide pins.

CAUTION: Top and bottom guide pins are not interchangeable, take great care to ensure that they are refitted in their original locations. The lower guide pin has a fluted rubber bush fitted to it.

CAUTION: Do not use any grease other than the that specified.

5. Position bleed bottle, connect bleed hose to bleed screw and loosen screw.
6. Press piston back into housing and tighten bleed screw to 10 Nm (7.5 ft. lbs.).
7. Disconnect bleed hose and remove bottle.





8. Fit pad retainers to caliper bracket.





9. Fit pads to caliper bracket.

NOTE: The leading edge of the pads have chamfers on them, the chamfers are asymmetric. It is imperative that the pads are correctly fitted. Pad Win illustration must be fitted to the inboard side of the caliper. Pad 'B' must be fitted to the outboard side of the caliper. Illustration shows a RH pair of pads.





10. Lower caliper housing over pads.
11. Ensure flats on guide pins locate with lugs on caliper housing. Fit NEW lower guide pin bolt and tighten to 27 Nm (20 ft. lbs.).
12. Repeat procedure for other side.
13. Fit road wheel(s) and tighten nuts.
14. Remove stands and lower vehicle.
15. Depress brake several times to set pad to disc clearance.
16. Check and top-up brake fluid.