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I have found that when I fit heavy duty pads to the front and brake hard that the rears squeal or even lockup. My take on this is that because the fronts are taking a heavier shove to make them work the rear shoes are being over applied and locking up. I have adjusted the rear balance lever (and could do a lot more) I have been told that the adjustment isn't much chop and things like fitting a smaller master cylinder might be required (can't remember the exact details now). So what is the best way to correct this ?
Persevere with the balance adjustment or is there something better that can be done ?
I would like to fit pads at the rear as well but haven't found anybody who appears to have done this. And it looks expensive.

You could convert to rear discs or put a proportioning valve in.

Matt.

I just did a search on the forum and found that others have done this so I will research it further.

Wouldnt it be less hassle to just go back to the standard pads...or do the other ones make that much difference???

You could be right but going down Otira with a full load and no brakes near the bottom soon makes you put something a little more grunty on (and I guess I could have put it into Low). I still have more travel in the rear balancer to try but Safer Brakes reckons that the balancer wasn't much chop which is why I hadn't tried more adjustment. The problem isn't a major but I have had a couple of scary moments in the wet.

I've found that the load sensing valve normally works ok. Firstly make sure it's actually working and not seized as they sometimes are -no point adjusting it if is.
Any suspension lift on your surf will affect that valve too of course.

Right I'll adjust the valve a bit more. I found (after reading an Aussie 4WD mag) that a lanolin based spray lubricant is much better than a silicone based one. So a healthy squirt and a wiggle should solve a possible seizing issue.
I have no idea if it has been raised. A little hard to tell with torsion rods at the front. I have fitted aftermarket springs at the rear and these seemed to restore the vehicle to a horizontal position since it used to look like it had 500kg of lead in the back. And I do note that my Surf seems about 50mm (at least) higher than a friends one. Especially noted when we go through water.
This forum is magic. I have at least 3 things to work on this weekend.