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Mark_Solesbury:
Hiya

Dont know if its me, but my brakes have started to be not as good as they were when i fitted the new pads...

I think that the brake fluid might need changing... I cant see when it was last done on the history.

Is it easier to get a garage to do it with a automatic pump, or do it myself?

I dont know if i can be arsed..........

davidlandy:
I wouldnt bother with the fluid.

did you do the discs as well, or just the pads?

it could be that the pads are not yet worn to the contour of the disk.

Mark_Solesbury:
Just did the pads.....

Ill give it another hundred miles or so.... see how its goes.

What you got on yours Dave?

Can you lock the front up?

stuvy:
didnt you put green stuff pads on :huh:

if the brake fluid has been in there since new then it could have reached the end of its life

Range Rover Blues:
Brake fluid doesn't last forever but also if you've put greenstuff on standard disks then the disks might be glazed, especially if they weren't new when you fitted the pads.  I've had the same happen with the LSE, even though the disks look good it doesn't stop as well as it should.

You can try roughening the disks up with emery cloth, this will also help the pads bed in faster.

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