Braking with tradition

Hi folks

I set out last night to put new pads on my '99 V8 Disco and hit trouble straight away. The retaining pin for the brake caliper was either a: rounded off or b: an Imperial head. Trouble was compounded by the fact that the track rod end was blocking my access to the pin. So I went back to my Haynes manual and thought, 'that doesn't look right'. It turns out that instead of vented disks on the front I've just got single disks. I know that isn't standard. I'm suspecting foolhardy penny-pinching by a previous owner, but before I contemplate buying vented disks, new calipers and more pads, is there any reason I've not considered why someone would've put single, unvented disks on the front of my Disco?

Cheers

Cart

bolts are 12mm, it wouldnt be any cheaper,are you sure they arent vented

According to a more knowledgable friend of mine, the Series 1 V8 is actually Range Rover Classic underneath, so the single discs are standard. Still doesn't help me get the bloody caliper off, though! I bought an extractor kit for rounded-off boltheads and the clearance around the offending boltheads is so tight that you can't then get a socket or spanner onto the extractor. The only solution I can see at the moment is to cold-chisel the boltheads off. Can't get an angle-grinder on them, again because they are so obscured by other structures around them. Who's fcukin' stupid design were these?

Cartertonian said:

According to a more knowledgable friend of mine, the Series 1 V8 is actually Range Rover Classic underneath, so the single discs are standard. Still doesn't help me get the bloody caliper off, though! I bought an extractor kit for rounded-off boltheads and the clearance around the offending boltheads is so tight that you can't then get a socket or spanner onto the extractor. The only solution I can see at the moment is to cold-chisel the boltheads off. Can't get an angle-grinder on them, again because they are so obscured by other structures around them. Who's fcukin' stupid design were these?

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It would be better to ask are you using the proper tools? you using 12 point or a 6 point spanners or socket

Thor1950 said:

It would be better to ask are you using the proper tools? you using 12 point or a 6 point spanners or socket

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Bi-hex sockets are generally thinner walled than the 6-pointed sockets, the thicker ones will fit snugly to suitable bolts/nuts and are generally stronger ...