I have new rotors and pads to put on and before I get to the job this weekend I wanted to peek to see what all it would entail. I've done plenty of brake jobs so I can get around the mechanics of this pretty well, but I'm not used to seeing 4 bolts holding on a caliper.

What I see is 4 bolts, 2 of which have a strange head, not the normal hex style. Unfortunately, I can't get my rave CD to work and I'm stumped as to what tools I will actually need to do this job. What's the story?

Chris

 

What year model? Disco 1 is different from Disco 2, but for the most part it iseasy, but to remove the caliper on either of them it is 2 of the bolts and they are further inside, the others separate the caliper apart. The ones you will use are actually bolts with a metric socket I believe 13 or 14 mm.

 

Ahh. I have a DII, 02, sorry. So the weird bolts actually hold pieces of the caliper together? I've never seen that. Who cares, makes my life easier.

thanks,

Chris

 

One is a standard bolt, the other is a torquex head, which will require your buying that particular socket.
Also you may want to have a hand help impact driver, with a #4 phillips head so you can break the bolt holding the rotor to the hub loose.
Don't forget to add lots of sound deadening material to your pads and do a full brake bleed when done which will take at least a full quart of brake fluid.

 

Are they really Torx? They sure as heck look like a 12pt head to me.

 

I just did this on my '04 Disco II. The boltsholding on the caliper use 3/4" 12pt. socket. Make sure you have aLARGE pair of channel locks or at least a 6" c-clamp to compress the pistons back into the caliper. Hope this helps. JF

 

I am pretty sure it is a torx, and I could be wrong. Tom, let me know what you find out.

Jeff, You were lucky, I don't know why Rover does this on on some Disco's they use 2 fifferent bolts, in your case they were both 3/4".