Cerb Front Discs

[mattys31]

Hi All,

When I bought my cerb a year ago it had a fairly serious steering wheel wobble under brakeing. So as part of a full service about 6 months ago I had the front discs skimmed at Fernhurst. This fixed the issue, however now it's back. I ran into someone with a chimp at the BNG at sherbourn a few weeks ago who said he had the same problem, and that TVR discs weren't great. With this in mind, does anyone have any suggestions for good uprated front discs for a cerb? My dad has black diamonds on his Griff and they're epic, however I can't find them for a cerb.

It's a 1997 4.2.

Any help would be awesome,

Thanks

Matt

[Gazzab]

Front drag bushes...

[mattys31]

I thought that but couldn't then explain how having the discs skimmed at the service sorted the issue for a few months....

[Byker28i]

Standard 4.2 disks aren't bad, you just need a good pad with them. I ran fine with mintex 1144's until I cooked my brakes at castle coombe. I'm now running Carbon lorraine pads and they are great.

Not many options for the 4.2 disks from standard unless you go the whole hog and upgrade.

[ridds]

Gazzab said:

Front drag bushes...

This, before you do anything else. Cheap as chips and easy to change. Get your tracking done after fitting though.

[mattys31]

Thanks guys, I'll do the drag bushes first. If I were to go the whole hog, any suggestions for brake upgrades, and ideas of suppliers?

Thanks

[wiggycerb]

I had the same issue with mine years ago, best bet is to get them skimmed whilst on the car. This eliminates any hub run-out aswell, it worked for me.

You will be suprised how many indies have the kit when you ask.

[Ireland]

You may also have one or more worn / damaged bushings and / or a bent bolt somewhere in your front suspension.

[schimg]

Any body know where to source cerbera Rota's for reasonable price...bit off topic sorry!

For cerbera 450 with bells?

[optimax sniffer]

Morning steve,

It cheaper to swap to the one piece discs, than get the rotors on their own. I think they are a direct replacement to the bells & rotors.

I changed mine to the RG ones. See this thread too.

http://mobile.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=...

[schimg]

optimax sniffer said:

Morning steve,

It cheaper to swap to the one piece discs, than get the rotors on their own. I think they are a direct replacement to the bells & rotors.

I changed mine to the RG ones. See this thread too.

http://mobile.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=...

Hi Iain,

Cheers mate that's already been done on my cerbera...think I have Tuscan S cross drilled fronts....but have a pair of Bells....fancied the look of them, was thinking of a possible way forward for that Tuscan Challenge car project I am trying to peice together...

Hope your Cerb is running well...

[optimax sniffer]

Cerb is I'll at the moment, split fuel lines and headlight problems. Just need time to sort it out

[Brummmie]

mattys31 said:

Thanks guys, I'll do the drag bushes first. If I were to go the whole hog, any suggestions for brake upgrades, and ideas of suppliers?

Thanks

[Jasper Gilder]

I had this on Cerbs for years - and 4.5 discs aren't cheap - just rubbish

Fit Tuscan S Discs ( which are also drilled) and the problem will never return ( They're cheaper too!)

[Gazzab]

Jasper Gilder said:

I had this on Cerbs for years - and 4.5 discs aren't cheap - just rubbish

Fit Tuscan S Discs ( which are also drilled) and the problem will never return ( They're cheaper too!)

I disagree - the 4.5 (separate bell) discs are great and much better than the poor quality Tuscan S one piece discs.

[HarryW]

Gazzab said:

Jasper Gilder said:

I had this on Cerbs for years - and 4.5 discs aren't cheap - just rubbish

Fit Tuscan S Discs ( which are also drilled) and the problem will never return ( They're cheaper too!)

I disagree - the 4.5 (separate bell) discs are great and much better than the poor quality Tuscan S one piece discs.

+1

[pistolar]

This might be of interest

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290779415717?ssPageName=...

[HarryW]

pistolar said:

This might be of interest

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290779415717?ssPageName=...

Starting bid seems a tad high, my money is on no bids for that one........

[ukkid35]

HarryW said:

Starting bid seems a tad high, my money is on no bids for that one........

Calipers and Bells for £450 - that is definitely not an overestimate of their value.

[HarryW]

ukkid35 said:

HarryW said:

Starting bid seems a tad high, my money is on no bids for that one........

Calipers and Bells for £450 - that is definitely not an overestimate of their value.

Just the ebay mind set, like any auction make the starting bid high no one dives in. It has no bearing on their value or final price, just whether the bidding would get started.