Clicking noise at the front wheel?

[JohnSW20]

Hi All

Any ideas on what can be clicking down by the front passenger side wheel. It sound like metal on metal? I've looked and there is nothing to see. I'm getting worried it might be the disc!! It seems to do it when the car is warmed up; although it did do it last night as soon as I pulled away.

Any ideas as the noise is doing my nut in. The wife has now spotted it and keeps asking whats that noise? is it are car? is it safe? will it cost a lot to fix? Why did you have to buy this silly car?

Any more and and I'll have to bin bag her.

Cheers

John

[satman]

Good chance that its the brake pads in the calipers...if i brake hard sometimes, or if the brakes have got a little warm, then a get a clicking/chaffing sound from mine, although after a minute or two it does disappear.

Might also be worth checking wheel bearings just incase!

[trooper1212]

I get the same from my left rear. Does it go if you put your foot on the brake? Then it'll be the pads rattling in the calipers.

Also, check your wheel nuts

[JohnSW20]

Hi
And thanks for the ideas, I've just had a run up to Kwik fit to have the nuts checked and there all at the right setting. They said that they had always wanted to drive a Cerbera and can I leave it with them and they would fix it. Tempted but big grease monkey in a Cerb in the wet!!!. The noice does go away when I put my foot on the brake so I could be the pads. I'll try and drop it bake to Kwik fit when it's dry if they sort out and not at TVR prices I'll let them all have a go.

Thanks

John

[andy4200]

You're a brave man letting them near your car. I don't think they would know the right settings even if they had a manual. I thought their settings for all cars were 'tight as fook then a bit more for luck'.

You can fix this yourself in an hour or less with some copperslip or something like that.
Take the wheel off, take the caliper off (two allen nuts, remember and supoort it so you don't damage the brake line) remove pad, put some copperslip stuff on back of pad. Refitting is the reverse of removal!!!