umbertob
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Front will normally wear faster as they see more action (when steering and hard braking) than the rear ones.
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Front will normally wear faster as they see more action (when steering and hard braking) than the rear ones.
You can rotate your tires to avoid uneven wear. I rotate all 5 with my setup.
I think the rear brakes often wear faster than the front ones on the LR4 simply because they are way smaller (by comparison.) On the LR3 they used to outlast the fronts nearly 2:1 on average, so Land Rover put bigger front discs and pads along with the more powerful engine on the 4, but left the rears pretty much alone. Can't think of any other reasons as the two cars are otherwise almost identical in weight / weight distribution and driving dynamics.
Good brakes has to do with disappating heat efficiently. Front brakes are bigger because of this. Also, front brakes do the majority of the stopping (think back to your BMX days). excessive rear brake wear could be due to the electric nanny of stability control if you drive that way. If the vehicle biased the system to favor rear brakes, a truck of this weight would have the stopping distance of a big rig.