I will preface this by saying that I have the 3 amigos on. No sure what the codes are as I have not got them read yet (I'm having problems with handing over $100 just to have a kid hook my truck up to a computer for 5 seconds).

So anyhow I just inspected all 4 brakes while bleeding the brake fluid. The front pads and rotors are much more worn than the rears. I know the front brakes have more stopping power so maybe its normal but this is the first time I've really dealt with worn brakes so I figure I would ask.

I figure I could have a bad shuttle valve too and that could cause the uneven wear.

 

No, they should wear fairly evenly.
Unless you do alot of hard braking anyway.

 

Well the truck was a NYC commuter for a couple years so yeah there was a lot of stop and go stuff and hard braking. I'm thinking I'm going to have to break down and get my ABS codes read, though ABS is overrated.

 

Yes ABS is very over rated, thats one of the reasons I pulled my ABS fuse, you can do that though.

 

On some of my other cars the brakes will wear faster in the front than rear. I belive on average most cars use 70% braking power in the front and 30% in the rear. When you think about it, that is the best way to brake. Some of my other cars have an emergency brake that just engages the rear brakes. If it is locked up in snow the whole back end will break loose. So it is smarter to have most of the stopping power in the front anyways. I would imagine that rovers are fairly even on the braking distribution like Spike said because of the 4wd and traction systems. I haven't had my rover long enough to confirm if mine wear even or wear more on the front, so for rovers I really don't know yet.

 

Front brakes alway wear faster in the front then the rear, about 1.5 sets of pads in the front to 1 set in the rear.

 

Well that looks about right then.

 

I've found on none LR vehicles that about 60-70 % of the braking is done up front...
Regards

 

Just look at the amount of brake dust the front brakes makes compared to the back, big difference. I roll up to stop lights and light brake as much as possible and I still clean my wheels every few weeks from the dust. (because it bugs me)

 

Same here