don't do it is the common consensus.

LRO magazine discussed this some time ago, and the view was it would make it horrendously over braked and unstable.
 
Optimus Prime said:
don't do it is the common consensus.

LRO magazine discussed this some time ago, and the view was it would make it horrendously over braked and unstable.
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That's interesting as most newer cars, my old Yeti included are lighter and have larger front disc brakes (mine were up rated to 312mm dis and had disc brakes at the back. That wasn't unstable. Or over braked. One Yeti I know of, a 1.8tsi, which has been slightly modified-has in excess of 320bhp (standard 160bhp) has Porsche front brakes fitted.

So why would it make a heavier car over braked and unstable?
 
If they needed discs on the back they would have been fitted by land rover from new.

I regularly run mine at 1800 - 2000 kg (tools etc) on A/T tyres with solid discs and standard pads and have never had any issues with braking.
 
More than likely fitted to save costs rather than any of the other excuses they came out with to do with the handbrake.
 
drums are perfectly adequate to stop 1 1/2 tonnes of Freelander

most of the braking is done by the front disks :)
 
Must admit, mine works, but it's crap compared to my other stuff. Last click then yank it if I still want to see it in my drive in the morning. I aim the wheels towards my padded fencepost just in case.
 
Epicuser said:
That's interesting as most newer cars, my old Yeti included are lighter and have larger front disc brakes (mine were up rated to 312mm dis and had disc brakes at the back. That wasn't unstable. Or over braked. One Yeti I know of, a 1.8tsi, which has been slightly modified-has in excess of 320bhp (standard 160bhp) has Porsche front brakes fitted.

So why would it make a heavier car over braked and unstable?
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don't know, I never said it, was just repeating what I had read in LRO some years back.
 
I think that if you increase the braking on the back wheels but not the front it would over brake the back end, the brakes are set up to balance out the braking evenly more force at the front where its needed helps keep the car stable.
 
Might ve a daft question but have you tried taking the slack up in the cables?
I did mine and it went from seven clicks to three.
 
Check shoes havn't glazed give them a rough up with abrasive paper. Handbrake ajustment at the drum helps :)
 
I used to struggle to get a decent handbrake - fitted new cables shortly after buying the car (three years ago), followed by new shoes 12 months later. Handbrake still not good enough until I fitted new drums just before this years' MOT. Handbrake now spot-on. Car had done 140,000 plus on the original drums, quite noticeable wear on them
 
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