Member Since: 10 Jan 2019
Location: Kent
Posts: 114
Rear brake backing plates
Has anyone ever these for sale in the UK ? They must be so much better than removing the rear hub to change after they get rusty
Or is there a supplier who would be able to supply them or even make them ?
Thanks2005 D3 SE Auto, zermatt silver
Gearbox flush by terrain vehicles
V8 brake upgrade
Will always ask silly questions
22nd Apr 2020 9:10 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10365
Don’t you just need a pair of tin snips.
And if you have a welder to tack them together, then bonus
22nd Apr 2020 9:13 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4400
I've just replaced the original (2007) brake back plates on mine. Was a choice between genuine LR parts or aftermarket. I went with the genuine, as the originals had lasted 13 years!
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Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
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22nd Apr 2020 9:20 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20732
Same
Though I fitted 5.0 SC backplates, as they were cheaper than standard D3 items
And I fitted 5.0 SC rear brakes too, to match My D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 29 Sep 2016
Location: SA62 3PP
Posts: 425
Funny enough, fitted a set of these.... Snip n weld route, really needed doing and the cables were a right to get out.
23rd Apr 2020 3:30 am
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2686
Ask yourself if you really need them.
I cut them off my D3 because they were badly corroded and full of holes.
They are not required for an MOT, as long as there are no sharp edges left when you cut the old ones off.
Mine went through 2 MOTs OK without them fitted.
Nasher.Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
23rd Apr 2020 9:36 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
I have removed backplates on many land rovers over the years, but I thought the D3 ones were part of the handbrake shoe mounting set up?
If not that will be a brucey bonus, as mine are past ther best
23rd Apr 2020 2:24 pm
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2686
The part required for the handbrake is the thicker central bit that doesn't dissolve.
The full circle inner bit in rrhools image.
The outer, thinner, soluble bit can go.
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23rd Apr 2020 2:35 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20732
Doesn't dissovle*
*as quickly as the outer, single skin
I've had to replace a few due to the shoe mounts being corroded and holed...My D3 Build Thread
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