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Dream300110

Member Since: 22 Jul 2018
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 19

1997 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Epsom Green

Disc brake dust cover

I recently did a bit of green laning in my 110 and got some stones stuck between the disc and the dust cover. It made an almighty noise and eventually I managed to dig it out and it didn't seem to have done any damages to the disc brake.

Now my question is, can I just get rid of them, or do they really have a useful function? I plan on doing many more laning sessions and would like to avoid it happening again as I might not be so lucky as to get it out next time and end up scoring my discs. Thank you in advance.

8th Oct 2018 5:13pm

landy andy

Member Since: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ware, Herts
Posts: 5413

2006 Defender 110 Td5 USW Zermatt Silver

Bin them. I have always binned them on my Defenders.

8th Oct 2018 6:44pm

Norton

Member Since: 10 Sep 2018
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 28

1990 Defender 90 2.5 n/a Diesel ST Nato Green

Yep. Get rid.

16th Dec 2018 3:25pm

Retroanaconda

Member Since: 04 Jan 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 2541

Many do remove them and there are no major issue with doing so however a couple of points to be aware of:

1. Your brake pads will wear slightly faster, mainly the rear ones. I put the rear mudshields back on for this reason as at one point I was doing a set of pads in 5,000 miles.

2. In heavy surface water conditions (e.g. heavy rain on motorway) your stopping distance will increase as the first push of the pedal is less effective as it clears the water off the discs.

My recommendation would be to keep them on if it’s only light greenlaning every now and then. However if doing more serious off roading, in particular that involving deep mud, then take them off as in those conditions they are more of a hinderance. For many years I have been running with rears fitted but no fronts, though I have a set of front ones waiting to go on when I get a chance.

16th Dec 2018 4:24pm

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