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Hi Yes. Having now completed the task on the rears, I have better information.When I viewed the Pads with the wheel off, I could only see the leading edge of the pads. When I removed the Caliper, I saw that the wearing face of the inner Pads looked ok but the metal face that the piston pushes...

Update I started the Left hand side yesterday. The Bearings on this Left hand side did have residual grease in them. This answers the question about greasing. Interesting too, the Brake pads (original equipment) on this side were also disintegrating badly, rather than wearing. A second question...

Hi I have a Land Rover Defender County 90, 2006 with approx 40,000 on the clock, owned from new. During its recent service I noticed that the Rear right hand side Pads had almost disintegrated for reasons unknown and the Disc had circumferential ribs. Although I service the vehicle I was...

Hi A more thorough look this morning, at the sliding metal Shoes in the Adjuster mechanism, showed that I had assembled them the wrong way round. The Drum is therefore now reassembled and the job completed. Thank you to those who responded. Pantgwyn

Hi Jamesmartin It occurs to me that the problem could be with the Adjuster. When I last looked, this adjuster was seated in a recess which is a horizontal slot. Would this be correct? Also, the 2 metal Shoes were positioned with the right angled walls of these metal Shoes to the front of the car...

Hi I did manage to disconnect the old cable and connect the new one, without totally removing the Shoes. I removed the lower horizontal Spring that held the 2 Shoes together, in order to do this. I did have to reposition the 2 metal sliding Shoes in the Adjuster. I positioned them so that the...

Hi I should have said that at the moment the HandBrake Cable is not connected to the HandBrake Lever in the Cab. Pantgwyn

Hi I have fitted a new Handbrake Cable to our 2006 Defender 90 and connected it at the Parking Brake Drum. My problem is the refitting of the Drum. I started to fit it, getting as far as partially assembling it over the Shoes, aligning the 4 Back Plate Bolts and mating the Drum over the Bolts...