Land Rover Defender Workshop Rover Manual

BRAKES15
REPAIR
TRANSMISSION
BRAKE
1. Pin
2. Washer
3. C clip
4. Brake shoe
5. Cable lever
6. Hold down spring
7. Dished washer
8. Brake drum
9. Screw
10. Brake cable
11. Adjuster slide
12. Aadjuster nut 13.
Spring
14. Adjuster slide
15. Adjuster bolt
16. Dished washer
17. Hold down spring
18. Brake shoe
19. Hold down pin
20. Hold down pin
21. Abutment plate
22. Back plate
23. Spring   

70BRAKES
16 REPAIR
TRANSMISSION
BRAKESHOES
Service repairno-70.45.18
Remove 1. Park vehicle onlevel ground, chockroadwheels
and release handbrake. Alternatively, raise
vehicle onaramp.
2. Disconnect rearpropeller shaftfrom
transmission outputflangeatbrake drum.
3.Slacken offtransmission brakedrumadjustment
bolt.
4. Remove singlescrewsecuring brakedrumto
output flange.
5. Withdraw drumtoexpose brakeassembly.
6. Release topand bottom springs frombrake
shoes, seeJ6337.
7. Grip dished washer withapair...

BRAKES17
REPAIR
HANDBRAKE
CABLE
Service repairno-70.35.25
Remove 1. Park vehicle onlevel ground, chockroadwheels
and release handbrake. Alternatively, raise
vehicle onramp.
2. Remove 3trim studs andliftup handbrake
gaiter.
3. Remove splitpin,clevis pin,washer and
disconnect cablefromhandbrake lever.
4. Slacken offtransmission brakedrumadjusting
screw.
5. Disconnect propellershaftfromoutput flange.
6. Remove retaining screwandwithdraw brake
drum.
7. Release handbrake cableclevis fromabutment
on cable...

70BRAKES
18 REPAIR
VACUUM
PUMP
Service repairno-70.50.19
Remove
NOTE: Toease pump removal setengine
to T.D.C. onNo.1 cylinder.
1. Disconnect battery.
2. Remove aircleaner
See FUEL SYSTEM,
Repair, Aircleaner
.
3.Detach servohosefromvacuum pump.
4. Remove boltsecuring aircleaner support
bracket strut.
5. Remove 6bolts securing vacuumpump.
6. Detach pumpcomplete withstrut andharness
bracket. Notelocation ofstrut andbracket for
Refit.
Refit 7. Clean mating facesofpump andblock.
8. Loosely assemble...

BRAKES1
OVERHAUL
Key
tomaster cylinder
1. Water ingress seal
2. Transfer housing
3. Vacuum seal
4. Guide ring
5. Retaining ring
6. O ring seal
7. Primary plungerassembly
8. Lseal
9. Secondary plunger 10.
Washer
11. Recuperating seal(primary cup)
12. Seal retainer
13. Springs
14. Swirl tube
15. Master cylinder body
16. Reservoir seals
17. Reservoir
18. Low fluidlevel switch andcap   

70BRAKES
2 OVERHAUL
MASTER
CYLINDER
Service repairno-70.30.09
Before starting overhaul procedure refertogeneral
brake service practice
SeeRepair, General brake
service practice
.
Dismantling mastercylinder
1. Disconnect batteryandremove mastercylinder
from servo
SeeRepair, Mastercylinder.
2. Before commencing overhaulprocedure
thoroughly cleanmaster cylinder andinspect
outer surfaces fordamage andcondition, renew
complete assembly ifnecessary.
3. The reservoir isapush fitin master cylinder and
secured...

BRAKES3
OVERHAUL
8.
Remove guideringfrom mouth ofmaster
cylinder whichsupports primaryplunger
assembly andplace toone side, thiscomponent
is not part ofmaster cylinder servicekitand isto
be refitted onassembly ofunit.
9. Pull primary plunger assembly outofmaster
cylinder.
NOTE: Theprimary plunger assembly
cannot bebroken downanyfurther andis
serviced asacomplete unit.Discard
assembly.
10. The secondary plungerassembly willremain at
bottom ofmaster cylinder bore,plunger canbe
easily expelled bytapping...

70BRAKES
4 OVERHAUL
Assembling
mastercylinder
CAUTION: Itis important thatthefollowing
instructions arecarried outprecisely,
otherwise damagecouldbecaused tonew
seals when inserting plungers intocylinder bore.
Generous amountsofnew brake fluidshould be
used tolubricate partsduring assembly.
NOTE:Thoroughly checkthatnodebris is
lodged influid passageways anddrillings.
If debris isfound, carefully remove,
re-clean cylinderandre-check.
16. Fitnew swirl tubetobottom ofcylinder bore.
17.Lubricate secondary...

WHEELSANDTYRES
1
DESCRIPTION
ANDOPERATION
TYPES
OFWHEEL RIMSANDTYRES
Description Dependent onspecification andmodel type,the
vehicle isequipped withpressed steeloralloy wheel
rims, bothusing tubeless radialplytyres.
Tyre codes
The text, codes andnumbers mouldedintothetyre
wall vary between tyremanufacturers, howevermost
tyres aremarked withtheinformation showninthe
illustrated example.
NOTE:Theillustration isan example ofthe
type ofmarkings mouldedintotyres andis
for guidance only.Forspecific tyre...

WHEELSANDTYRES
1
FAULT
DIAGNOSIS
TYRE
WEAR CHART
FAULT CAUSE REMEDY
Rapid wearat Tyresunder-inflated Inflatetocorrect pressure
shoulders Wornsuspension components Replaceworncomponents
i.e. ball joints, panhard
rod bushes, steering damper
Excessive corneringspeeds
Rapid wearat
centre Tyres
over-inflated Inflatetocorrect pressure
of tread
Wear atone
shoulder Track
outofadjustment Adjusttracktocorrect figure
Bent panhard rod Checkandreplace wornordamaged
components
Bald spots ortyre Wheeloutofbalance...