FL1 Td4 2006 Brake Drum

Cobby44 · Apr 25, 2020

I'm giving my Freelander slot of attention as of late & I've recently cured the issue of fish rank in the boot. The brake drums are rusty & I want to clean them up.

What's the best way to do this? Can I do it with them in situe?

paul99 · Apr 26, 2020

Wire wheel or cup brush on a drill or grinder should work well, and you could do them in-situ quite easily and effectively but it would probably be better to remove them. That way, you can check the condition of the brakes inside the drum. Also, cleaning and painting would be easier, if you want to go that far.

andyfreelandy · Apr 26, 2020

Cobby44 said:
I've recently cured the issue of fish rank in the boot.

What did you find as the problem please? There are several causes it seems, still tracking mine!

Cobby44 · Apr 26, 2020

Andyfreelandy, so yes after finding a few possibilities that could be the cause I had to pull the carpets up & take both luggage panels out along with the side windows (fixed). It just happened to be the rear right side window (fixed) has a leak so when I sprayed a hose down the side of the car it was finding a way in & it travel between the shell & the body panels. You won't see it unless you take off the rear side panels. There is a little compartment with a rubber grommit in. The water, over time was increasing & therefore finding it's way into the boot compartment. Driving round corners or over speeddumpts etc will divert this water. I removed the grommit & so far it's worked.

Cobby44 · Apr 26, 2020

paul99 said:
Wire wheel or cup brush on a drill or grinder should work well, and you could do them in-situ quite easily and effectively but it would probably be better to remove them. That way, you can check the condition of the brakes inside the drum. Also, cleaning and painting would be easier, if you want to go that far.

Paul99, what paint would you use?

paul99 · Apr 26, 2020

You can get paint specifically for calipers and drums, it needs to be a high temperature type. Lidl UK recently or possibly currently had a zinc based paint that may be okay, if you want to keep a silver look. A couple of quick starting points for you:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brake+paint&t=ffnt&ia=shopping

Cobby44 · Apr 26, 2020

I like to watch tutorials like that. Thanks for the help. Does the paint need to be high temp resistant though? Maybe Hammerite Black direct to rust would suffice?

paul99 · Apr 26, 2020

Brakes get really hot. That is how they work, converting kinetic energy into (mostly) thermal energy. Standard paints would soften, burn and smoke. It needs high temperature paint. I don't know if I would paint the inside of the drums as Chris did in his video, personally. A lot of people wouldn't even paint the centre section of the drum, where the wheel touches it. Mine has copper grease on that part. That seems to be a LandRover recommendation.

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