Shoes to Pads

Hi sorry if this subject has been posred before, can i change my rear shoes on my freelander td4 for pads and shoes without changing the axle.heard that some axles already have the carriers for the calipers already fitted.

Many Thanks,

Why?
As all Freelanders had drums on the back, I doubt any had calliper mountings.
It will be a major task getting the brake balance right.

Nothing is impossible but I dont know of anyone who does a conversion kit for this. To undertake this is a major task of measuring and fabrication. No freelander ever had the mounts for calipers on the rear except the freelander 2 which is a totally different vehicle.

If it aint broke............................

Why do people feel the need to do this. Check your existing setup is perfect & uprate your pads if necessary. I've got a chipped Td4 & it's standard brakes are well ahead of the performance of the car.

The book on the history of the Freelander 1 tells you they tried with disks on the rear, but couldn’t get the set-up right. Also the rear end wasn’t considered heavy enough under breaking, for disks to be effective. Comes back to set-up issues I suppose. Just repeating what’s written down.

been tried a few times. LRO magazine had a technical query about a year ago, and the answer was just don't do it as the vehicle will be horrendously over braked.

As long as the rears are set up right, it should cause a problem, they are more than up to stopping the vehicle. Never felt uneasy with mine (commerical) even fully laden and with trailer on.

Hippo said:

The book on the history of the Freelander 1 tells you they tried with disks on the rear, but couldn’t get the set-up right. Also the rear end wasn’t considered heavy enough under breaking, for disks to be effective. Comes back to set-up issues I suppose. Just repeating what’s written down.

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I believe the main issue is the park brake, Land Rover will only use drums for the parking brake. Something about holding the vehicle & trailer at full GVW on a 1 in 3. Adjustment has to be spot on, not to mention no mud or oil, but that's the theory.

Some manufactures have rear disks and the handbrake is mounted in the rear hubs. As the Handbrake is only used for parking, they last forever (well.... a long time). Best of both worlds?

That's what Land Rover do in all but the Defender now, but it was too expensive for the Freelander as originally envisaged.

Slitties been doing that for years - at least it is like that on my X-T.:behindsofa:

and on the wifes zafira (gulp)