breaks!

I am sure that this has been mentioned before but i can not find anything on this forum due to the search feature being altered from its original feature.

Still the breaks on my freelander constantly squeal and grind when i break, I took it into the garage to get the pads replaced as this is what i thought it was.

But the garage said that i have at least another two years worth of pads left, and that there was nothing wrong with the breaks, they said that the freelander breaks were just standard car breaks and that dirt gets into them very quickly and they need to be jet washed regularly, now i do this every week but it does not seem to cure the problem.

I have been told that you can get the grove cut a bit wider which would stop the build up of dirt.

What i want to know is that is this the best solution or has anyone got some better advice on the break pads and the grinding and squealing.

try spelling it brake like normal people would

Clearly it is something else you have managed to brake!

Show some kindness and give this man a brake.

av yu gorra set o shims fitted?

Yep shims and a bit of copper grease on the terminal ends. Do the rears squeal as well? These are the worst when the brake dust builds up. What brand of pads did you get

oh - an make sure the pads move easily = if one id jammed it will fook yo brakes fur sure.

What way did the chamfered edge go. It should be at the top

Do they still squeal when using the hand brake, (cos mine do), if so its coming from the back brakes

scrap it and get a defender !!!!!!!

robint said:

scrap it and get a defender !!!!!!!

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Cock.

I use Honda brake pads on our Freelanders - same pattern but with little shim things attached to them. Cheaper than LR genuine parts too.

Cheers

Blippie

Which ones?