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mangobay

Member Since: 11 Aug 2020
Location: Chepstow
Posts: 26

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Epsom Green

Brake feel / lack of bite

hi all
Hoping someone knowledgeable on the forum may be able to help me with a bit of advice please?
I have a 2008 Puma 90, drives really well in every respect apart from I cannot get the brake feel right. I have recently done the following:
- replaced some flexihoses with proper OEM hard lines
- replaced rear discs and pads with OEM replaement
- upgraded front dics and pads using 110 AP calipers, and LOF vented discs and pads.

Each of those gave a moderate improvement but my high hopes for the front set up havent helped in the way I hoped they would!

The issue is best described as follows: the initial 50% of brake pedal travels seems spot on, really progressive and starts to bite nicely. The second half of the pedal travel however brings hardly any extra bite, so whereas in any normal scenario putting the pedal down more aggresively would bring you to a nice firm stop, its just gets wishy washy and no real improvement in stopping power. Ive driven other Defenders so this isnt just me hoping for more than the system is capable of, im sure its not right.

Im sure there's no air in the system and not convinced its a servo issue either as no matter how hard you press it doesnt improve, plus I have done the basic pedal-then-start test which works fine. Wondering if its maybe a master cylinder issue, but if anyone has any thoughts or similar experience, would be great to hear them

thanks in advance

10th Jul 2021 7:24pm

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