chadr
Well-Known Member
After our recent trip to France, I've come to the conclusion that I really need to get the brakes overhauled on the truck before we go to Scotland/Highlands at the end of October.
Whilst the brakes do work....eventually, for anyone not familiar with the truck it can be quite disconcerting; for the first few inches of pedal travel, nothing much happens at all, the braking effect is negligible. All the action seems to happen in the last couple of inches of pedal travel. Even then it always *feels* like the fronts are doing all the work and the braking isn't even (I know the fronts do do most of the braking but it doesn't normally *feel* like that - it's a bit like stopping a bike just with the front brakes).
Last year I had the fluid changed and Goodyear braided hoses installed all round. Though that did little or nothing to improve things. The current discs and pads are about 35k mile old, so the pads may certainly be on their way out. I have already sourced OEM pads for front/rear from Simon Holton in readiness. The discs should still be OK, though I'm happy to change these too if you think it will help.
However what I would really like to do is to give the whole braking system a complete overhaul - i.e. rebuild the calipers all round and pay some attention to the LSPV, which hasn't been touched since my 40mm lift.
Do you think a local brake specialist would OK for this? I'm sure it's a relatively simple job, though I have always been dissapointed when I've taken my truck to the local "specialists". Ideally I'd be tempted to take the truck to someone like Julian V even though it's 100miles away and get some other bits and pieces looked at at the same time.........I have sent him a message via the form on his site a few days ago but not had a reply just yet.
Appreciate your thoughts on this....Thanks.
Whilst the brakes do work....eventually, for anyone not familiar with the truck it can be quite disconcerting; for the first few inches of pedal travel, nothing much happens at all, the braking effect is negligible. All the action seems to happen in the last couple of inches of pedal travel. Even then it always *feels* like the fronts are doing all the work and the braking isn't even (I know the fronts do do most of the braking but it doesn't normally *feel* like that - it's a bit like stopping a bike just with the front brakes).
Last year I had the fluid changed and Goodyear braided hoses installed all round. Though that did little or nothing to improve things. The current discs and pads are about 35k mile old, so the pads may certainly be on their way out. I have already sourced OEM pads for front/rear from Simon Holton in readiness. The discs should still be OK, though I'm happy to change these too if you think it will help.
However what I would really like to do is to give the whole braking system a complete overhaul - i.e. rebuild the calipers all round and pay some attention to the LSPV, which hasn't been touched since my 40mm lift.
Do you think a local brake specialist would OK for this? I'm sure it's a relatively simple job, though I have always been dissapointed when I've taken my truck to the local "specialists". Ideally I'd be tempted to take the truck to someone like Julian V even though it's 100miles away and get some other bits and pieces looked at at the same time.........I have sent him a message via the form on his site a few days ago but not had a reply just yet.
Appreciate your thoughts on this....Thanks.